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The decision of the state court that failure to offer the testimony of a wife at the trial of her husband barred a later claim of the unconstitutionality of a state statute making such testimony incompetent held a nonfederal ground adequate to support the judgment.
Appeal dismissed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Holley v. Lawrence, 317 U.S. 518 (1943) in 317 U.S. 518 Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=1C4S8WRQ9QTDXCF.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Holley v. Lawrence, 317 U.S. 518 (1943), in 317 U.S. 518, Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=1C4S8WRQ9QTDXCF.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Holley v. Lawrence, 317 U.S. 518 (1943). cited in 1943, 317 U.S. 518. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=1C4S8WRQ9QTDXCF.