Nettles v. State

The record proper has been examined, and there is no question raised that should he discussed, other than the striking, on the state’s motion, of defendant’s plea of misnomer.

The plea is as follows:

“Now comes the defendant by his attorney, S. R. Hartley, and for plea of misnomer says: His true name is Frank Nickles, and not Frank Nettles, as alleged in the indictment, and that he has never been known or called by the name of Frank Nettles, which he is ready to verify, and prays judgment that the indictment be quashed.”

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