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EVIDENCE ACT 1877
EVIDENCE ACT 1877 - LONG TITLE
An Act for the Amendment of the Law of Evidence in certain cases
of Misdemeanor.{1}
[28th June 1877]
Preamble rep. by SLR 1894
EVIDENCE ACT 1877 - SECT 1
competency of defendant and wife or husband, in certain trials.
1. On the trial of any indictment or other proceeding for the
non-repair of any public highway or bridge, or for a nuisance to
any public highway, river, or bridge, and of any other indictment
or proceeding instituted for the purpose of trying or enforcing a
civil right only, every defendant to such indictment or proceeding,
and the wife or husband of any such defendant shall be admissible
witnesses and compellable to give evidence.