JAS. L. SMITH, 27 Sep 1905, Smith County, TX

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Tyler Daily Courier, Monday, September 25, 1905

RECEIVED A TWO YEAR SENTENCE

JAS. L. SMITH, COLORED, GIVEN TWO YEARS IN THE PENITENTIARY FOR
MANSLAUGHTER, AN OLD CASE

The jury in the case of the State of Texas vs. Jas. L. Smith, returned
a verdict this morning, giving him two yaers in the penitentiary.

The case was called to trial Monday in the district court and was given
to the jury yesterday afternoon.

The crime for which Smith was tried was committed four years ago, 
the killing taking place at a ball game when the defendant struck the
victim from the effect of which he died.

Self defense was the plea entered by the defendant's attorneys, who
introduced evidence that the man who was killed was coming at 
defendant with a brick in his hand when defendant struck him with a
ball bat.

The case of Albert Jones, charged with the killings of Andrew J. Glaze
was set for trial today, a special venue of fifty men having been 
summoned from which to select a jury.  The entire morning was consumed
in the selection of the jury, the venire of fify men being exhausted.
Many of them were not present on account of sickness.  Only eleven men
were selected.  Another special venire was ordered summoned by the
judge to be present at the afternoon session, at which time the twelfth 
man was selected and the case went to trial.

The defendant stands charged with murder.  He is a brother-in-law to 
the deceased.  The only information the Courier can obtain relative to
the affair is that Glaze went to the home of Jones and was killed, a
single barrel shot gun being the weapon used.  There were two eye
witnesses to the shooting, one of them the wife of the defendant, and 
the other a negro man.

The defense is that the killing was accidental.