Wilson v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO, AND APPEALS FROM, THE CIRCUIT COURT OF "THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN. DISTRICT OF • NEW YORK. The facts, which involve the validity of a subpoena duces tecum issued to a corporation, and the right of an officer thereof to refuse to produce the documents required by such subpoena on the ground that they tended to incriminate him, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO, AND APPEALS FROM, THE CIRCUIT COURT OF "THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN. DISTRICT OF • NEW YORK. The facts, which involve the validity of a subpoena duces tecum issued to a corporation, and the right of an officer thereof to refuse to produce the documents required by such subpoena on the ground that they tended to incriminate him, are stated in the opinion. The disclosure of the contents of the letter press copy book, produced by appellant before the grand jury, would tend to incriminate plaintiff in error; the contents of the letter press copy book would form a link in the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hughes
These three cases involve the same question. The first is a,'writ of error to the Circuit Court to review a judgment committing the plaintiff .in error for contempt. The second is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court dismissing a writ of habeas corpus sued out after such com*367mitment. The third is an appeal from an order dismissing a writ of habeas corpus by which a discharge was sought from a later commitment for a similar contempt.
The contempt consisted in the refusal of the plaintiff in error and appellant, Christopher C. Wilson, to permit the inspection by'a grand jury of letter…
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