State v. Burrus

HUDSPETH, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the shooting of Apolonio Pino, and sentenced to a term in the penitentiary of not less than nine, nor more than ten, years. From his conviction and sentence he prosecutes this appeal.

On Sunday afternoon, March 12, 1933,' defendant, Robert Burrus, a member of the police force of the city of Santa Fé, went to the “Esquibal Place,” a so-called “bootleg joint” on Read street in Santa Fé, for a glass of p beer. He had been sitting in the kitchen of the house, drinking beer with a group of people for an hour or so, when the…