Smith v. State

Tbe appellant, 0. 0. Smith, was indicted and tried in the Boone circuit court for murder in the first degree, and was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, and his punishment fixed at one year in the penitentiary. The appellant owned and operated the Ozark Hotel at Harrison, Arkansas, and the deceased, Kirby Clifton, was a farmer living at Western Grove, Newton county, Arkansas. Appellant and deceased bad been friends for many years, and deceased usually stopped at appellant’s hotel when in Harrison.

On February 19, 1936, the day before bis death, Clifton came to appellant’s hotel and secured…