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BROWN v. WALKER

No. 765.

161 U.S. 591 (1896)

16 S.Ct. 644

40 L.Ed. 819

BROWN, v. WALKER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 23, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James C. Carter for appellant.

Mr. George F. Edmunds for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

This case involves an alleged incompatibility between that clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, which declares that no person "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself," and the act of Congress of February 11, 1893, c. 83, 27 Stat. 443, which enacts that "no person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers...

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