WOODLEY, Commissioner.
Appellant was adjudged guilty and assessed the death penalty for the murder of his wife, Lessie Williams.
The deceased lived with nine of her children at 3421 Jefferson Avenue in Houston. About 1:30 or 2 o'clock on the morning of July 9, 1950, appellant, who had been separated from his wife for some four months, came to the home and broke a pane of glass in the front door and attempted to open the door by running his hand and arm through...
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