Judgment reversed on the law and new trial ordered.
We have considered the facts; we affirm the findings of fact implicit in the jury's verdict; and we would affirm the conviction if we did not reverse on the law. The indictment charged that when the defendant appeared before the Grand Jury as a witness, he refused to answer a certain question on the ground that his answer might tend to incriminate him, and he persisted in such refusal notwithstanding the direction...
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