State v. Couch

HUDSPETH, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of the crime of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than seven nor more than ten years, from which he prosecutes this appeal.

The appellant and his wife resided in a small cottage, the property of appellant, surrounded by vacant lots, situate in Hobbs, Lea County, at the time and prior to the commission of the homicide. Appellant had complained to the police that during the absence of himself and wife parties had repeatedly entered his cottage for the purpose of copulating; that he had put…