United States v. American Meat Institute

HOLLY, District Judge.

Defendants were indicted charged with conspiracy to violate the Sherman AntiTrust Act, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1-7. Defendants; Williams and Monia, each filed his plea in bar setting up that in response to a subpoena he had appeared before the grand jury which had returned this indictment and given sworn testimony substantially concerning the matters on account of which he was named as defendant, and asserting that under the provisions of Sections 32 and 33 of Title 15 of the United States Code, U.S.C.A. Title 15, §§ 32 and 33, he was immune from this prosecution. The Government…