CATES, Judge.
Jessie Mae Jackson appeals from her conviction of voluntary manslaughter for killing her husband, Odell Jackson, by shooting him with a pistol. The jury fixed her punishment at five years in the penitentiary.
According to the State's evidence, the Jacksons had got into a quarrel on Saturday night, February 14, 1959, because of his jealousy. He made her walk home while he drove there.
The argument grew: the husband was quite drunk. The...
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