BRADFORD v. UNITED STATES

No. 9853.

130 F.2d 630 (1942)

BRADFORD et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 17, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Hunter and T. F. Hunter, both of Alexandria, La., for appellants.

Malcolm E. Lafargue, U. S. Atty., of Shreveport, La., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

Notwithstanding the statements in the petition for rehearing filed on behalf of appellants, this court did not hold that an inference of guilty knowledge might be drawn against W. T. Bradford because he did not testify. Such an inference is not permissible under the law. Counsel have evidently misread our opinion in this case. No man may be compelled to be a witness against himself, but sometimes in the progress of a trial the burden of going...

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