Notwithstanding subsection 1 of this section or any other provision of law to the contrary, in any criminal prosecution under chapter 565, 566 or 568, involving an alleged victim under the age of eighteen, a spouse shall be a competent witness against a defendant spouse, and no spousal privilege as set forth in subsection 1 of this section or any ...
After discussing his decision to become a Texas land empresario with his son, Stephen, Moses Austin set out on the 800 mile ride to San Antonio de Bexar. Upon entering the old Spanish town in the fall of 1820, Austin found an atmosphere rife with ill feelings toward all Anglo-Americans.
By 1832 the empresarios had signed almost thirty contracts calling for the settlement of more than 10,000 families. But the government of Coahuila y Texas, growing suspicious of increasing Anglo-American influence in Texas, ceased issuing grants after 1832 and finally closed the land offices in November of 1835.hen they had settled at least 100 families within their colonial grant, thus fulfilling their contract, they acquired land of their own. For every 100 families an empresario recruited and settled within Texas, the state gave him five sitios (22,140 acres) of pastureland and five labors (885 acres) of farmland.