McKee v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Upon trial under an indictment charging her with the murder of Albert Brown, appellant was convicted of aggravated assault, her punishment being assessed at eighreen months imprisonment in the county jail, from which this appeal is prosecuted.

Appellant and deceased were both negroes. The undisputed evidence shows that some four years prior to the homicide intimate criminal relations sprung up between the two which continued after appellant’s marriage with another party. The theory of the defense, supported by testimony, was that some three years prior to the homicide appellant…