HOLTZOFF, District Judge.
This is an indictment for an offense known as contempt of Congress, consisting of a refusal to answer questions before a committee of the House of Representatives. The refusal was based upon an assertion of the privilege against self-incrimination, namely, that an answer to the questions propounded might tend to incriminate the witness, who is the defendant in this proceeding.
At the outset the Government as a preliminary question...
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