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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Case No. 16,316.
    UNITED STATES v. SMALLWOOD.
    [5 Cranch, C. C. 35.] 
    
    Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
    Nov. Term, 1836.
    Competency op Witness.
    [Upon an indictment of a husband for assault and battery upon his wife, the wife may testify for the government. Following U. S. v. Fitton, Case No. 15,106.]
    [Cited in U. S. v. Jones, 32 Fed. 570.]
   Witness. Indictment [against Moses Small-wood] for assault and battery upon his wife. The wife was admitted to testify for the United States, on the authority of the ease of U. S. v. Fitton [Case No. 15,106].