Ballmann v. Fagin
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. The facts are stated in the opinion.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. The facts are stated in the opinion. The appeal was properly taken to this court under § 5, act of March 3, 1891. The question whether the witness was required to answer the questions propounded to him by the grand jury involves the construction and application of the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, and the claim was made in his petition for the writ of habeas corpus that his commitment in that…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
One of these cases is a writ of error issued by this court to the United States District Court upon a judgment committing the plaintiff in error for contempt, the other an appeal from the Circuit Court for the same district upon a judgment denying the writ of habeas corpus, which was applied for on the' ground that the same commitment was void.
The case so far as material to our decision, is as follows: On April 7, 1905, Ballman was served with a subpcena to appear before the grand jury and to bring with him " cash book, ledger, letter press copy book, and all sheets showing transactions under…
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