State ex rel. McArthur v. Evans

— Prosecution for bastardy against Evans. The issues were submitted to a jury, who found- for the defendant. Motion for a new trial denied, and judgment on the verdict.

Upon the trial Evans, the defendant, offered himself as a witness, and( was, over the plaintiff’s objection, allowed to testify in the cause. This ruling is assigned for error. The statute says: “Every free white person, of competent age, *93shall be a competent witness in any civil cause or proceeding, and no person shall be disqualified as a witness by reason of interest in the event of that or any other suit, or because such…