State v. Blee

The killing by defendant of his half-brother, Isaac Bailor, is not disputed. Self-defense was relied upon to secure a verdict of acquittal. The parties resided upon adjoining farms'; the defendant, with his wife, whom he had married about a year previous, living with his mother. It seems that trouble arose soon after the marriage of defendant, and was connected in some way with the right or supposed right of defendant to longer remain at the moth*727er’s home. This was followed by a contention as to the right of defendant to a passageway over a portion of the farm of the deceased as a means of…