State v. Adams

Citations

• 25 Del. 588
• 2 Boyce 588
• 83 A. 936
• 1912 Del. LEXIS 73

Syllabus

<p>1. Witnesses — Competency.</p> <p>While, in a prosecution for wife beating, outsiders could testify that the prosecutrix and defendant are reputed and looked upon by their neighbors and people who know them as man and wife, the prosecutrix was not a proper witness for that purpose.</p> <p>2. Assault and Battery — Criminal Responsibility — Wife Beating— Evidence — Marriage .</p> <p>In a prosecution for wife beating, though the only evidence of the marriage was that of the prosecutrix, who testified that she and the defendant were married in a certain month, year, and place, but did not know the exact date, or the name of the minister who performed the ceremony, and had no certificate, the question of the defendant’s guilt was properly submitted to the jury.</p>