Ex parte Boscowitz
Supreme Court of Alabama
Certiorari to Montgomery City Court. Hon. T. M. Arrington, Judge. ■ cited People v. Mather, 4 Wendell; Boles v. Slate, 46 Ala. 204; Campbell v. State, 23 Ala.; Clarice v. State. 78 Ala. 474; Calhoun v. Thompson, 56 Ala. 166; Woods v. Sta,te, 76 Ala. 35; Loclcet v. Slate, 63 Ala. 5; Marler v. Stale, 67 Ala. 55; 1 Greenl. Ev. § 451.
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
Tbe petitioner was adjudged guilty óf a contempt, and ordered to be imprisoned, for refusing to answer a question propounded to him as a witness. His refusal was based on the ground, that his answer would tend to criminate, humiliate and degrade him. We may discard from consideration the ground that the tendency of the answer Avould be to humiliate and degrade. The privilege of refusing to answer is restricted to questions, answering which may tend to criminate the witness, or expose him to punishment. — Hall v. State, 40 Ala. 698. It is an established and universally accepted maxim of the…
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