Reynolds v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the Criminal District Court of Tarrant County of manslaughter, and his punishment fixed at five years in the penitentiary.

It appears from the record, practically without dispute that deceased and appellant’s wife had been criminally intimate. Appellant testified that shortly before the homicide his wife confessed to him her relations with deceased following which his mind was in such a condition that he was hardly conscious of his actions. The shooting occurred in the morning as deceased was on his way to his work. The scene, was laid at Ninth and…