Newsome v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Wood. Tried below before the Honorable J. R. Warren. Appeal from a conviction of manslaughter; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was indicted for murder; but convicted of manslaughter; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.
The appellant, with her husband and children, resided at their home, which was situated some four hundred yards distant from the house occupied by one, Mrs. Holter. The reputation and conduct of Mrs. Holter led the appellant to believe that she was a prostitute and that she was plying her vocation at the place mentioned. She (appellant) had requested officers to cause the removal of Mrs. Holter, and according to her testimony,…
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