Turner v. State

Citations

• 60 Miss. 351

Syllabus

<p>1. Witness. Husband and wife. Assault and battery.</p> <p>A wife is a competent witness against her husband in a prosecution for an assault and battery committed by him on her person, although she objects to-testifying in the case.</p> <p>2. Same. Wife’s privilege. Immaterial error.</p> <p>If it was the wife’s privilege to testify or not as she might elect, her husband could not assign for error the action of the court in compelling her to give evidence over his objection.</p>