Clayton v. United States

KNAPP, Circuit Judge.

At a term of the court below held at Webster Springs on the 30th of August, 1921, plaintiff in error, herein called defendant, was summoned before the grand jury and asked certain questions, namely, whether he had purchased any whisky or intoxicating liquor from any person in the Southern district of West Virginia, between January 16, 1920, and August 30, 1921, whether he had had any intoxicating liquor in his possession during that period, and whether during the same period he had been intoxicated. He answered each of these questions in the negative, except admitting…