Chriswell v. State

William Chriswell was indicted-by the grand jury of Scott County, charged with, the crime, of murder in the second degree in the killing of one Virgil Isom. The indictment was-in proper form. .. The testimony for the State tended to prove that Chriswell was jealous of Isom because the latter -went with a young lady by the name of Zelma Shelton, to whom Chriswell was engaged to be married. There was testimony to the effect that Chriswell had requested Zelrna Shelton to permit him to accompany her to a dance at Harley Harper’s on Monday night, the night of the killing. Zelma refused, and he…