Burmah White (left) with unidentified woman standing in a doorway. White is wearing a herringbone coat and skirt. The woman is holding White's arm. The photograph was probably taken when White was on trial during October and November, 1933 for eight counts of robbery and three counts of assault with a deadly weapon as a result of a September 6, 1933 crime spree she had gone on with her husband Thomas White, who had been shot to death by police during the couple's robberies.
The arraignment of Burmah Adams White begins which consists of an indictment charging her with eight counts of robbery and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon.