Pickett v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the unlawful killing of Aubrey Lee Capps without malice, and by the jury condemned to serve a term of five years in the penitentiary.

The facts show that appellant and the deceased had engaged in some kind of argument in a cafe in the town of Glade-water on August 19, 1944, at which place they were separated and appellant was taken in charge by officers, and caused to make bond, charged with a disturbance (of the peace). About 3:30 in the morning of August 20, 1944, sometime after the encounter at Gladewater, appellant and deceased again met in the city…