Supreme Court of Alabama, 1886

Merriwether v. State

Merriwether v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama · Decided December 15, 1886 · Stone
81 Ala. 74

Merriwether v. State

Opinion of the Court

STONE, C. J.

— The circuit court erred in allowing the wife to testify against .her husband.— Woods v. State, 76 Ala. 35; Owen v. State, 78 Ala. 425 ; Birge v. State, Ib. 435; Donnelly v. State, Ib. 453 ; 1 Whar. Cr. Law, §§ 768-9.

Reversed and remanded.

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