State v. Scott

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.:

John Ellison Scott, charged with the murder of his wife on June 19, 1923, was found guilty of murder in the second degree, and he has appealed. The story disclosed by the record is substantially as follows:

Ellison Scott, as appellant is commonly known, was reared on a farm, and when nineteen years of age was married to Ella (Holt) Scott in 1911. No children were born to them. They lived on the farm a few years, then moved to La Cygne, where Ellison Scott worked in a store for about three years, and during this time his wife, Ella Scott,…