Commonwealth v. Wilkes

How courts have described this case

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• stating that “The prohibition against the giving of testimony by one married party against the other is based upon consideration for preserving domestic peace, harmony and the sanctity of the marriage.”
• which suggests that 19 P.S. §683 applies only to adverse testimony gained “through the [marital] relationship and in the confidence which that relationship inspires”
• which suggests that 19 P.S. § 683 applies only to adverse testimony gained \through the [marital] relationship and in the confidence which that relationship inspires\
• Confidential communications may not be divulged by either spouse without the consent of the other.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).