In re SHERA

ADAMS, District Judge.

This matter came before me in January upon a petition to review the ruling of the referee sustaining the claim of the bankrupt of a right to refuse to answer certain questions. At the time of that examination, objections were interposed by counsel for the bankrupt, to- the' effect that the answers would tend to incriminate the witness. The objections were sustained. I then held that the refusal to answer questions on such ground was a privilege personal to the witness, who might wish to answer, and counsel could not be heard to object to the evidence. Abb. Tr. Ev. 783; 1…