State v. Pruett
New Mexico Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Union County; Leib, Judge. James C. Pruett was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and lie appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OP THE COURT.
ROBERTS, J.
Appellant was tried and convicted in the district court of Union county; of voluntary manslaughter, and appeals.
In October, 1914, the appellant accompanied Mrs. Ethel Landreth to the Cross L ranch in Union county. There they met the deceased, who was practically a stranger to appellant. The appellant and Mrs. Land-reth went into the apartments of Mr. and Mrs. Crook, the father and mother of Mrs. Landreth, when Gleasy Cheek, the deceased, and various others came in. Cheek had a pistol in his hand and ordered the appellant out of the house with the following…
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