Dixon v. State

On Rehearing

CATES, Judge.

•Code 1940, T. 15, § 306, reads in part:

“There shall be no exclusion of a witness in a criminal case because, on conviction of the defendant, he may be entitled to a reward, * * * such objection is addressed to the credibility, not to the competency, of the witness.”

For prior law, see Bohannon v. State, 73 Ala. 47.

The State urges us to affirm on authority of Wells v. State, 19 Ala.App. 403, 97 So. 681; Brown v. State, 22 Ala.App. 648, 119 So. 512, and Harmon v. State, 20 Ala. App. 254, 101 So. 353.

In Wells refused Charge T read [19 Ala.App. 403, 97 So. 682]:

“The court…