U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Ohio July 1, 1872 (United States v. Williams)

SWING, District Judge.

The witness through his counsel claims, that by the law he is not compelled to answer any question which will have a tendency to expose him to a penal liability, or to any kind of punishment, or to a criminal charge, and that he may, by order of the court, be privileged from answering -any such question.