Ex Parte Adams

(dissenting).—My brethren dispose of this case upon the theory, first, that the answers of relator would not show that he had violated the law, and, second, that having taken the witness stand, he must tell everything and can not refuse to testify. The case of Ex parte Park, 37 Texas Crim. Rep., 590, does not sustain their second position. That ease expressly holds that the witness can not be made to testify against himself. Relator was not a volunteer witness in the case. If he had been indicted and was testifying in his own behalf, then he would be required to answer questions, but in this…