Couch v. State

Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Hood County for the offense of manslaughter and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of two years.

This is the second appeal of this case. The first appeal will be found in 245 S.W. 692, where a sufficient statement of the facts is narrated.

Appellant again complains at the action of the court in permitting the witness Roberson to testify to certain statements made by the deceased immediately after he was shot. Among them, one to the effect "he shot me down as if I was a dog, he murdered me in cold blood."…