United States v. Skinner
District Court, S.D. New York
William Skinner and others were indicted for offenses. On demurrers to defendants’ special pleas in bar.
1Opinion of the Court
GRUBB, District Judge.
This matter is submitted on the plaintiff’s demurrers to the separate special pleas of each of the defendants, setting up, in bar of the prosecution, the immunity they claim to have received, because of evidence given by them before the Interstate Commerce Commission, with regard to the transactions which form the basis of the indictment.
The plaintiff’s demurrers question the sufficiency of all the pleas upon two grounds. They are: (1) That the pleas fail to show that the testimony was given pursuant to the requirement by the Commission in a proceeding in which the…
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