23 Tex. Ct. App. 305
Decided April 30, 1887
Court of Appeals of Texas · decided 1887-04-30
Tried below before the Hon. D. P. Harr. The appellant in this case was convicted of murder in the second degree, under an indictment charging him with the murder of his wife, Jesusa Olivares, and his punishment was assessed at a term of ten years in the penitentiary. The first Witness introduced by the State was Concepcion Cabasoz, who testified, in substance, that she was the mother of . the deceased.
Decided 1887-04-30
¶1Appellant in this case has been convicted for the murder of his own wife, his crime being ascertained to be murder of the second degree, and his punishment has been assessed by the verdict and judgment of the lower court at ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
¶2• In our opinion, the evidence contained in the record sent up on this appeal is wholly insufficient to support the verdict and judgment, • and the judgment is therefore reversed and the cause remanded.
¶3Reversed and remanded.