Polk v. State

The ruling in the fifth headnote requires elaboration. The defendant was tried for the murder of his wife, whs found guilty without recommendation, and is now under sentence of death. The case, on its facts, is an unusual one. The evidence for the State tended to show that the defendant had, without cause, become jealous and suspicious of his wife. He ordered her to leave the home at Milledgeville and return to her father’s house in Macon county. On the morning of the homicide he arose, dressed himself as usual, and attended to his usual duties. He abused his wife, and she through fear of him…