Carney v. State

MARTIN, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for the murder of Lessie Samuels, and convicted, penalty four years in the penitentiary. Appellant and deceased were negro women. A difficulty ensued between them in which appellant cut deceased with a knife, described by some of the witnesses as having a blade about two and a half inches long. There were two rather severe wounds on the body of deceased. These were packed with cobwebs by the father of the deceased soon after she was cut. She died about a week later from blood poisoning. The attending physician testified that her wounds were not necessarily…