Ex parte Beville
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by the court En Banc. This is a case of Original Jurisdiction. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtParkhill, J.
Upon petition to one of the Justices, a writ of Habeas Corpus was granted returnable before this court.
The petitioner was adjudged guilty of contempt of court by the Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit for refusing to obey an order of that court to testify before the *172grand jury of Sumter County against her husband, who was charged with the murder of Bruno P. Harder and Francis Harder, as to matters not involving marital confidence and as to a crime not committed upon her person.
In such a case, at common law, the wife could not be a witness for or against her husband. McGill v. McGill, 19 Fla.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Adams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1891
- Myers v. HodgesSupreme Court of Florida · 1907
- Ex parte SeniorSupreme Court of Florida · 1896
- Mercer v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1898
- State v. McCordSupreme Court of Kansas · 1871
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- Bond v. BondSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1928
- State v. LynchDelaware Court of Oyer and Terminer · 1925
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