Bowers v. United States

WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

The indictment in this case was returned under 2 U.S.C.A. § 192, the pertinent part of which is as follows:

“Every person who having been summoned as a witness * * * to *448give testimony * * * upon any matter under inquiry before * * * any committee of either House of Congress * * * refuses to answer any question pertinent to the question under inquiry, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor * * (Emphasis added.)

The words of the statute which we have italicized were used advisedly, because Congress knew of course that in hearings before its committees the…