State v. Burt

Citations

• 17 S.D. 7
• 62 L.R.A. 172
• 94 N.W. 409
• 1903 S.D. LEXIS 4

Syllabus

<p>Comp, Laws Dak. § 5260, providing that a wife cannot be examined for or against her husband, without his consent, except in a criminal action or proceeding for a crime committed by him against her, limns the wife’s right to testify against her husband in a criminal proceeding, without his consent, to crimes involving personal violence by the husband against the wife, and do not authorize her to testify against her husband, over his objection,in a prosecution for incest.</p>