White v. State

Powéll, J.

The only ground of error requiring discussion is that the court announced from the bench, in the presence of jurors who were to try the case, that when he stated he.would continue the case, he did not know that the defendant, Ann White, was “Ann Kyles;” that she had deceived the court and even her own counsel, making each believe her statement that she was pregnant, and, therefore, could not be in court; he had been informed since he announced the continuance of the case that she was not pregnant as she claimed, but was simply deceiving the court for the purpose of continuing the…