MASON v. UNITED STATES

No. 604.

244 U.S. 362 (1917)

MASON ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 4, 1917.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George B. Grigsby for plaintiffs in error.

The Solicitor General and Mr. Robert Szold for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs in error were separately called to testify before a Grand Jury at Nome, Alaska, engaged in investigating a charge of gambling against six other men. Both were duly sworn. After stating that he was sitting at a table in the Arctic Billiard Parlors when these men were there arrested, Mason refused to answer two questions, claiming so to do might tend to incriminate him. (1) "Was there a game of cards...

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