Barrett v. State

RAMSEY, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the court below on a charge of incest and his punishment' assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two- years. The prosecuting witness, Mrs. Lee Watson (nee Lee Barrett) testified to facts which, if true, would have made appellant guilty beyond doubt. A number of questions are raised and grounds urged why this judgment of conviction should be reversed.

1. Among other things, it is urged that the indictment is insufficient, in that it is not alleged distinctly and unequivocally that appellant and prosecutrix were not legally married; nor is it…