Brown v. Walker

BUFFINGTON, District Judge.

On May 6, 1895, the grand jury of the district court of the United States for the Western district of Pennsylvania had under consideration an indictment charging E. F. Bates and Thomas R. Robinson, officers and agents of the Allegheny Valley Railway Company, with alleged violations of the interstate commerce law, approved February 4,1887, and its supplements. Theodore F. Brown, the petitioner, who is the auditor of said company, appeared before the grand jury upon subpoena. He declined to answer certain questions as to freight charged and rebates given by said road…