Evans v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Evans v. State

61 Miss. 157

CourtMississippi Supreme Court

DecidedOctober 15, 1883

StatusPublished

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Evans v. State, 61 Miss. 157 (Mich. 1883).

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Campbell, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Wesley Hill ivas a competent witness at common law, and was not made less so by § 3071 of the Code, which declares, “where parties jointly indicted are tried separately, the party not on trial shall, in all cases, be a competent witness for the party being tried.” The object of this provision was to make co-defendants, when tried separately, competent for each other. They were competent as witnesses against each other before and continued so.

Affirmed.

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Campbell, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Wesley Hill ivas a competent witness at common law, and was not made less so by § 3071 of the Code, which declares, “where parties jointly indicted are tried separately, the party not on trial shall, in all cases, be a competent witness for the party being tried.” The object of this provision was to make co-defendants, when tried separately, competent for each other. They were competent as witnesses against each other before and continued so.

Affirmed.

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61 Miss. 157, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/evans-v-state-miss-1883.

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