White v. State

When a petition for certiorari shows on its face that it is without merit, the judge of the superior court should refuse to sanction it; but if, inadvertently, he sanctions it, and thereafter dismisses it upon the hearing thereof, the same result is reached, and the judgment of dismissal will be affirmed by this court. It is immaterial upon what ground the dismissal was based.

DECIDED JUNE 7, 1944. REHEARING DENIED JULY 28, 1944.

Houston White was adjudged in contempt of court by a judge of the civil court of Fulton County, because of certain remarks directed to the judge during the trial of a…