Davis v. State

Velma Davis, the appellant, was, indicted, tried, and convicted for the murder of one Nettie Vale, and sentenced to a life imprisonment in the state penitentiary.

It appears that the appellant, Velma Davis, had married one Robert Davis some time prior to the killing in question. Prior to that marriage, Robert Davis and Nettie Vale had lived together in illicit relations and she had borne one child to Robert Davis. After the marriage to the appellant, Nettie Vale was sent away and she went to the state of Arkansas, but returned'to the state of Mississippi shortly before the killing, and went to…