Henley v. State

MiNoe W. Millwee, Justice.

Jeff Henley, Jr., prosecutes this appeal to reverse a judgment of conviction against him in the circuit court of Lee county, Arkansas, for murder in the first degree for killing his 19-year-old wife, Mabel Henley, on February 23, 1946. A jury fixed his punishment at death.

The defendant and Mabel Williams were married in 1940 and separated two or three times prior to December, 1945, when Mabel, with their three children, left defendant and went to the home of her parents, John Williams and wife. After the last separation, defendant made several visits to the home 'of…