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HB 187, 60th R.S.
Relating to amending Article 1220, Penal Code of the State of Texas, 1925, to provide that adultery is justification under certain circumstances for homicide committed by the wife upon one taken in the act of adultery with the husband.

Author: Robert Wilton "Bob" Bass

Subjects:
Crimes--Capital Punishment


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