Pickett v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a cqnviction for rape, with the death penalty.

Appellant, in his brief, has given a very accurate and concise statement of the pertinent evidence in the case, a part of which we copy as follows, with the name of his victim omitted:

“The appellant, Ben Pickett, a negro, was indicted November 24, 1948, tried and convicted February 16, 1949, in the Criminal District Court of Harris County, of the rape of one ****** *f an adult white woman. His punishment was assessed at death.

“The appellant’s two motions to quash the indictment were denied February 15, 1949.…