White v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Barker

Affirming.

The appellant. James White, was indicted by. the grand jury of Bell county, charged with, the offense of rape, committed upon the person of Mossie Woodard,' an infant female about 8 years of age. When his case was called for trial, the record shows that he personally waived a formal arraignment, and entered a plea of guilty; whereupon the jury returned a verdict of guilty in accordance with the plea, and fixed his punishment at death. (1

Afterwards, a motion foi’ a new trial was entered, and grounds filed, all of which was overruled by the…