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CHEVALLIER v. STATE

No. 37480.

404 S.W.2d 36 (1965)

Nelson CHEVALLIER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 21, 1965.

Certiorari Denied June 20, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will Gray, Houston, for appellant.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Gus J. Zgourides and Daniel P. Ryan, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Certiorari Denied June 20, 1966. See 86 S.Ct. 1933.

OPINION

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, death.

The indictment charged that the appellant "did with malice aforethought kill Castina Nelson by pouring caustic soda, commonly known as lye, in her mouth and down her throat."

The state's evidence shows that appellant and the deceased, Castina Nelson, though not legally married, lived together as husband...

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