State v. Smith

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] Defendant was indicted for cutting and stabbing Wade A. Wright with intent to kill, and was convicted of the crime charged.

It appears that Wade Wright, the person stabbed, was called from his home by defendant and Boyett, a witness in the case, to meet them for the purpose of adjusting a business difference. As Wright approached the point of meeting, defendant said to Boyett, "Yonder comes the big-bellied _____, I ought to kill him." As Wright reached the point…