Barr v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Under an indictment charging that appellant killed and murdered Blanche Woodall, with malice, appellant was convicted of murder without malice and her punishment assessed at four years’ confinement in the State penitentiary.

About eight o’clock on the evening of Saturday, April 12, 1941, appellant drove to the home of the deceased, carrying with her, in a purse, a bottle of whisky and a .38 caliber pistol. The deceased was not at home. The maid advised that she would soon return. Appellant waited for her awhile, during which time she drank some of the whisky. She left, advising…