State v. Abrams

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

Jesse Abrams appeals from a conviction of murder •in the second degree. He admitted the killing (of Will Brown) and relied upon evidence tending to show that he acted in self-defense. He gave testimony tending to show these facts:

He had had some difficulty with his wife. She sued him for a divorce. Later they lived together for seven or eight months but were again separated. Two or three weeks before the latter separation he became suspicious of her relations with Brown. After this separation, but before a divorce which the defendant later…