Supreme Court of the United States January 25, 1915, 471 (Burdick v. United States)

Mr. Justice McKenna

delivered the opinion of the court.

Error to review a judgment for contempt against Bur-dick upon presentment of the Federal grand jury for

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refusing to answer certain questions put to him in an investigation then pending before the grand jury into alleged custom frauds in violation of §§ 37 and 39 of the Criminal Code of the United States.