Mason v. United States

Plaintiffs in error were separately called to testify before a Grand Jury at Nome, Alaska, engaged in investigating a charge of gambling against six other men. Both were duly sworn. After stating that he was sitting at a table in the Arctic Billiard Parlors when these men were there arrested, Mason refused to answer two questions, claiming so to do might tend to incriminate him. (1) “Was there a game of cards being played on this particular evening at the table at which you were sitting?” (2) “Was there a game of cards being played at another table at this time?” Having said that at the…