Smith v. State

The evidence of the state was that the defendant and his wife attended a dance at the home of Mrs. Freeney, in the city of Hollis; that among those present was Russell Breedlove, the deceased; that the defendant had been married about a month and that he was jealous of the attentions of other men towards his wife, and that such jealousy was the cause of the difficulty which resulted in the killing of Breedlove; that the defendant objected to Breedlove' dancing with his wife, being angered at what he claimed were improper attentions on the part of Breedlove toward defendant’s wife; that…