State v. Hunt

Peter Hunt, Moses Hunt, and one Year-gin were jointly indicted for burglary and larceny. The state dismissed as to Yeargin, and, for the purpose of a trial, there was a severance as to the other defendants. On the trial of Peter Hunt, he called Moses as a witness. The state objected, on the ground that the proposed witness was jointly indicted with Peter Hunt, for the same offence, and had been convicted, which objection was sustained, and the witness excluded.

Before our present statute, permitting defendants in criminal cases to testify, one of two or more persons jointly indicted could not…