Farris v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HABPEB, Judge.
Appellant was prosecuted and convicted of keeping a disorderly or bawdy house, from which judgment she prosecutes this appeal.
Bessie Craft, Francis Gay and other witnesses for the State were permitted to testify that appellant’s husband was in the automobile business, and that he would bring men and women to the house. Appellant objected to this testimony, alleging “that defendant was the wife of Mr. Farris and that the husband could not testify directly or indirectly against the wife, and that it was an attempt to admit evidence of the acts, conduct and doings of the husband,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cole v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1907
- Richards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
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