United States v. Violon

HAND, District Judge.

I cannot satisfactorily speculate upon the evidence which must have been before the grand jury, nor will I either myself inspect, or permit another to inspect, its minutes. The grand jury is designed to protect the citizen from baseless accusation; but he has no other protection than its proper action. If it has been moved by insufficient evidence, or has failed to consider all the evidence, it is an injustice which the court cannot; and should not seek to, redress, There is no precedent, so far as I can find, for such control of the grand jury, and I am the last who…