Richardson v. State

Appellant was convicted of the murder of one Jim Sheppard, a negro, and from the judgment imposing the death penalty prosecutes this appeal. Thej * material facts in reference to the difficulty are as follows: On the evening of August 20, 1919, appellant, a married colored man came home from his work, found his wife absent, and no supper prepared. He claims to have been very much provoked because of the fact that this neglect of his wife had been repeated from time to time, and' so about 8 o’clock, when his wife returned home, appellant proceeded to give his wife a whipping. The record shows…