The object was to insure that a person should not be compelled, when acting as a witness in any investigation, to give testimony which might tend to show that he himself had committed a crime. The privilege is limited to criminal matters, but it is as... The New York Supplement - Página 7161906Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1892 - 582 páginas
...compelled, when acting as a witness in any investigation, to give testimony which might tend to show that he himself had committed a crime. The privilege is limited to criminal matters, bnt it is as broad as the mischief against which it seeks to guard. It is argued for the appellee that... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1892 - 1066 páginas
...compelled, when acting as a witness in any Investigation, to give testimony which might tend to show that he himself had committed a crime. The privilege is limited to criminal matters, but it Is as 5: broad ¡IH the mischief against which it ¡îq.eeks to guard. • "It Is argued for the appellee... | |
| 1914 - 1440 páginas
...actlug as a witness In any Investigation, to give testimony which might tend to show that he had himself committed a crime. The privilege is limited to criminal...broad as the mischief against which It seeks to guard. 142 US 562 [12 Sup. Ct 195, 35 L. Ed. 1110]." 161 US, at page 618, 16 Sup. Ct 659, 40 L. Ed. 819. The... | |
| Abraham Clark Freeman - 1892 - 1060 páginas
...compelled, when acting as a witness in an investigation, to give testimony which might tend to show that he himself had committed a crime. The privilege is...as the mischief against which it seeks to guard." The case of the petitioner is stronger than the Counselman case. Here the petitioner is charged with... | |
| William Miller Collier - 1900 - 918 páginas
...compelled, when acting as a witness in any investigation, to give testimony which might tend to shoiv that he himself had committed a crime. The privilege is...as the mischief against which it seeks to guard." By reason of the decision of the court in Counselman v. Hitchcock, Congress amended the Interstate... | |
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