Smith v. State

Minor W. Millwee, Justice.

Appellant, Aubrey Smith, was convicted of murder in the first degree in the killing of Ray Campbell and his punishment fixed by the jury at death.

The appellant, Aubrey Smith, and Peter Dorsey are negro residents of St. Francis County, Arkansas. On the night of August 2, 1950, they stole a cow and calf from Dorsey’s neighbor, Tom Norsworthy, and brought the animals to North Little Rock, Arkansas, in the trailer of appellant’s automobile. In attempting to sell the stolen cattle the next morning at the North Little Rock Stock Yards, one of the men gave a fictitious name…