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STATE EX REL. JACKSON v. COFFEY

18 Wis.2d 529 (1963)

STATE EX REL. JACKSON, Appellant, v. COFFEY, Respondent. STATE EX REL. SMITH, Appellant, v. SAME, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

January 8, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief and oral argument by Dominic H. Frinzi and Nicholas C. Catania, both of Milwaukee.

For the respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of John W. Reynolds, attorney general, and William A. Platz, assistant attorney general.

FAIRCHILD, J.

Petitioners assert several grounds for challenging Judge COFFEY's authority to commit them to jail in order to compel them to answer questions. It will be seen that our conclusion on the first ground requires that the writ of prohibition restraining Judge COFFEY from compelling petitioners' testimony under sec. 325.34, Stats. (the immunity statute) be made absolute. The parties have, however, briefed and argued...

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