McDowell v. State

This appeal is from a conviction of manslaughter. The appellant, Henry McDowell, shot and killed Lester Dean. It was shown that about a year prior to the killing, Lester Dean left the woman with whom he was living, hut to whom he was not married, and induced the wife of the appellant to go and live with him in the State of Arkansas. Thereafter, the appellant and the woman with whom Lester Dean formerly lived, began living together as husband and wife. Her name was Ida Bell, and she was the only other eyewitness to the homicide, which occurred in the home where she and the appellant were…