State v. Boston

In the early evening of November 27, 1941, Thanksgiving Day, defendant shot and killed one Lavelle Jackson. For six months defendant, a common laborer, had rented living quarters for himself, wife, and baby, in Jackson’s home. When defendant returned from work on November 25th, his wife and baby were gone and he saw his wife’s torn undergarments on the floor. The wife soon returned, crying, and told defendant that Jackson had raped her that day., and that she had him arrested. After his wife had related the details of the attack upon her, defendant went to the police station to inquire what…