State v. Vandiver

Before pleading to the indictment, defendant moved to quash the indictment on the ground that his legal wife testified before the grand jury that found the indictment here a true bill. Defendant’s daughter also testified before the grand jury. The court denied his motion, and he assigns this as error. This assignment of error is overruled.

By virtue of the express provisions of G.S. 8-57, defendant’s legal wife was a competent witness before the grand jury, which was con sidering an indictment against him charging him with a violation of the provisions of G.S. 14-183, “to prove the fact of…