Darrett v. State

The offense is robbery by assault; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for five years.

The alleged injured party, J. R. Miller, testified that he was sixty-three years of age; that he was afflicted with high blood pressure, and that he earned his livelihood by raising and selling chickens.

On the day of the alleged offense, he took some chickens to Houston for the purpose of selling them. While engaged in that enterprise he was approached by the appellant, Willie Mae Darrett, who said she wanted to buy a chicken and asked appellant to deliver it to her home which was near by.…