McCarter v. State

DICE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder with malice and her *414punishment assessed at twenty years’ confinement in the penitentiary.

The homicide occurred on the evening of April 3, 1954, at a place known as the Welcome Inn, which was operated by the deceased.

According to the state’s witnesses, appellant entered the place, and, after ordering a beer from the deceased, produced a pistol from her purse and stated to the witness Tom B. Bromley: “See this gun here. I have got a bullet in it for Mack.” (Meaning appellant’s husband.) After the deceased told appellant to put the gun up, appellant…