McCoy v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for manslaughter, punishment four years in the penitentiary.

Appellant relied on self-defense and insulting conduct toward his wife. The verdict being only for manslaughter, evinces the jury’s acceptance of his claim that he killed deceased at the first meeting after learning of the supposed illicit relations between deceased and appellant’s wife. Our discussion of the questions presented will be in the order in which same appear in appellant’s brief.

The homicide was on February 25, 1927. A letter from appellant’s wife to deceased, the contents of which support the…