United States v. Greater New York Live Poultry Chamber of Commerce

KNOX, District Judge.

There has been much discussion in a number of cases under the immunity provision of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (15 USCA §§ 1-7, 15) as to whether a witness is entitled to immunity without having given evidence which criminates him, and as to whether a witness may have such immunity without having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment, or in the absence of the existence of facts and circumstances which may fairly be construed to have been the equivalent of such claim. Upon the words of the statute the argument is with the contention now…