HOLMES, J.
The appellant was charged by indictment in the Circuit Court of Sharkey County with the murder of his wife. He was tried and convicted and sentenced to suffer the penalty of death.
The homicide occurred at the home of appellant and his wife on Cameta Plantation in Sharkey County on the night of October 23, 1955. The State's proof showed that the appellant without cause or justification cruelly and brutally beat his wife with an ax handle and slab...
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