Wilkerson v. State

The offense is murder; the punishment, 99 years.

The indictment alleged that appellant did with malice aforethought kill Kathryn Fay Wilkerson by beating and striking her with a bottle.

*526The evidence shows that Kathryn Fay Wilkerson, the deceased, was the wife of appellant.

The nude body of deceased was found lying on a bed in the room she occupied with appellant. There were numerous lacerations and bruises about the body, including a bruise over the cheek bone and cuts in the scalp, the largest being on the left side going to the bone.

There was blood in the deceased’s hair and a pool of blood on…