Giles v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted for the murder of H. C. McCormick; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of twenty-five years.

The uncontroverted evidence may be thus summarized: Washington Giles, husband of appellant, was charged by the Justice Court with a misdemeanor growing out of the mistreatment of a dog. Giles was out upon his farm some two miles from the county seat. His family consisted, besides his wife, of his mother, Polly Giles, two adopted children, a boy and girl, aged nine and ten years respectively, and a brother, Osborne Giles.

Pitman,…