As Amended
SEC. 99-17-9. Trial in the absence of accused.
In criminal cases the presence of the prisoner may be waived, and the trial progress, at the discretion of the court, in his absence, if he be in custody and consenting thereto. If the defendant, in cases less than felony, be on recognizance or bail or have been arrested and escaped, or have been notified by the proper officer of the pendency of the indictment against him, and resisted or fled, or refused to be taken, or be in any way in default for nonappearance, the trial may progress at the discretion of the court, and judgment final and sentence be awarded as though such defendant were personally present in court.
SOURCES: Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 303; 1871, Sec. 2807; 1880, Sec. 3075; 1892, Sec. 1422; 1906, Sec. 1495; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 1253; 1930, Sec. 1276; 1942, Sec. 2519.