Supreme Court of Alabama November 15, 1891 (Johnson v. State)

McCLELLAN, J.

— The sole exception reserved on this record goes to the action of the trial court in compelling the defendant’s wife to testify on his trial upon a charge of assault and battery committed upon her person. The right oí the wife to testify in such case, her competency as a witness, is admitted. We do not think there can be any doubt of the power of the •court to compel her to testify.