Brown v. Walker
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. This was an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court, made upon the return of a writ of habeas corpus, remanding the petitioner Brown to the custody of the marshal, the respondent. in this case.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. This was an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court, made upon the return of a writ of habeas corpus, remanding the petitioner Brown to the custody of the marshal, the respondent. in this case. It appeared that the petitioner had been subpoenaed as a witness before the grand jury, at a terra of thé District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, to testify in relation to a charge then under investigation by that body against certain officers and agents of the Allegheny Talley Railway…
1Opinion of the Court
161 U.S. 591 (1896)
BROWN
v.
WALKER.
No. 765.
Supreme Court of United States.
Argued January 23, 1896.
Decided March 23, 1896.
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Mr. James C. Carter for appellant.
Mr. George F. Edmunds for appellee.
MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
This case involves an alleged incompatibility between that clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, which declares that no person "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself," and the act of Congress of…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited49 opinions
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- Fletcher v. PeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1810
- Counselman v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Brown v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Ex Parte GarlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
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