Eaton v. State

L. A. Smith, Sr., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellant was convicted of the murder of Dalton Wren. The jury was unable to agree upon the punishment, and accordingly he was sentenced to imprisonment for life in the penitentiary.

Dalton Wren married the daughter of the appellant, and to this union were born two children, quite young at the time of the slaying. They lived about ten miles in the country from Booneville, while appellant’s home was on the outskirts of that city. During the latter part of September 1945, while her father and mother were absent in another city, appellant’s…