Whitfield v. State

BOULDIN, Justice.

Willie James Whitfield,. alias Bo Whitfield, was indicted for the murder of Fred Heins, by hitting him with an axe. On the trial defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment fixed at death.

No abuse of discretion is found in the denial of defendant’s mption for a continuance.

Where a youth 16 to 18 years of age is charged with crime in a court of criminal jurisdiction, the statute (Gen.Acts 1923, pp. 296, 309, § 11) vests in the court a discretion to put him to trial or transfer •him to the jurisdiction of a juvenile court. Lane v. State, 20…