State v. Scott

Afton Scott was convicted of murder in the first degree in having shot and killed his wife, Verla, on March 29, 1948, in Wright County. The judgment imposed the extreme penalty in accordance with the verdict, and he appeals. The killing was admitted; the defense, insanity. Defendant, 48 years old, lived with his wife and 10 children on a farm in Douglas County about 6 or 7 miles from Mountain Grove, adjoining the farm of Andrew Torkelson. Defendant and his wife had trouble on the preceding Saturday, which resulted in his wife leaving home, taking her children with her, and going to the home…