Terrell v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Judge.
The appellant was convicted of wife desertion. (See Penal Code, Title 11, Chapter 9a).
In one of the subdivisions the statute the wife is made a competent witness against her husband charged with this offense. (See Article 640c). This is not an amendment to Article 795 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, wherein it is said that husband and wife “shall in no case testify against each other except in a criminal prosecution for an offense by one against the other.” Section 36, Article 3 of the Constitution declaring “no law shall be revised or amended by reference to its title, but…
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