United States v. On Tai

The defendant has been indicted upon a charge of feloniously purchasing from a soldier employed in the military service of the Hnited States, who had no lawful right to sell the same, certain public property of the Hnited States.

The defendant moved to quash the indictment “for the reason that the said Carl On Tai was summoned before the grand jury to give testimony in the matter of the sale of the garments mentioned in the indictment, and to give evidence therein tending to incriminate him on said charge.”

The motion was supported by the affidavit of the defendant, and the district attorney…