Hignett v. State

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is assault with intent to murder ; the punishment, 10 years.

Our able State’s Attorney confesses error, and we agree. The state, in the presence of the jury, called the appellant’s wife as a witness against him, thereby forcing the appellant to object to her testimony on the grounds that she was his wife. Later in the trial, the State propounded further questions to other witnesses as to what the appellant’s wife had told them concerning the assault and again forced the appellant to object.

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