Ector v. State

The only question in this case is whether the husband is a competent witness upon the trial of his wife for the commission of a crime. The trial judge permitted the husband to testify against his wife; and in fact he was the only witness who gave *778any direct testimony. The wife was charged with stabbing the husband, and the husband swore out the warrant upon which the accusation was based, and also testified to the fact that his wife was the person who cut him. Under the provisions of the Penal Code (1910), § 1037, paragraph 4, the question is not a debatable one, A husband is not a competent…