Krzesinski v. State

The offense is murder; the punishment, 25 years.

The killing occurred on New Years 1959 at the Tri-State Hotel in El Paso.

The evidence sustains the jury’s finding that appellant with malice aforethought killed Lionel L. (Lee) Dubuque by stabbing him with a knife, as charged in the indictment.

Counsel for appellant urges one ground for reversal which is that the state’s witness Roxanne Newsome (also referred to as Mrs. Krzesinski) is the common law wife of appellant.

The bill of exception certifies that no objection was made to this witness being permitted to testify, and that the state…