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" Every person who having been summoned as a witness by the authority of either House of Congress to give testimony or to produce papers upon any matter under inquiry before either House, or any joint committee established by a joint or concurrent resolution... "
United States Congressional Serial Set - Page 87
1953
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 445

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1979 - 996 pages
...that provided that "[n]o testimony given by a witness before . . . any committee of either House . . . shall be used as evidence in any criminal proceeding...prosecution for perjury committed in giving such testimony," did not bar the use at respondent's trial for willful default of the testimony given by her before...
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Federal Practice: Consisting of the Statutes of the United States Relating ...

William Edward Miller - 1881 - 728 pages
...859. Testimony of witnesses before congress not admissible against them in criminal prosecutions. — No testimony given by a witness before either house, or before any committee of either house of congress, shall be used as evidence in any criminal proceeding against him in any court except in...
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Testimony Before the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate the Administration of the Collection of Internal Revenue in the Sixth District of North Carolina - 1882 - 612 pages
...may tend to disgrace him or otherwise render him infamous. It refers to section 859, which reads : No testimony given by a witness before either house, or before any committee of either house of Congress, shall be used as evidence in any criminal proceeding against him in any court, except...
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United States Reports: ... and Rules Announced at ...

United States. Supreme Court - 1897 - 798 pages
...shall be to bring the matter before the grand jury for their action." Opinion of the Court. " SEC. 859. No testimony given by a witness before either House, or before any committee of either House of Congress, shall be used as evidence in any criminal proceeding against him in any court, except...
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Constitution of the United States of America with the Amendments Thereto ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Rules Committee - 1886 - 504 pages
...Columbia, whose duty it shall be to bring the matter before the grand jury for their action. SEC. 859. No testimony given by a witness before either house or before any committee of either house of Congress shall be used as evidence in any criminal proceeding against him in any court, except in...
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Senate Manual: Embracing the Standing Rules and Orders of the Senate, the ...

United States. Congress. Senate - 1890 - 542 pages
...Columbia, whose duty it shall be to bring the matter before the grand jury for their action. SEC. 859. No testimony given by a witness before either house or before any committee of either house of Congress shall be used as evidence in any criminal proceeding against him in any court, except in...
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Standing Rules for Conducting Business in the Senate of the United States ...

United States. Congress. Senate - 1890 - 90 pages
...Columbia, whose duty it shall be to bring the matter before the grand jury for their action. SEC. 859. No testimony given by a witness before either house or before any committee of either house of Congress shall be used as evidence in any criminal proceeding against him in any court, except in...
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A Treatise on Federal Practice in Civil Causes: With Special ..., Volume 1

Roger Foster - 1892 - 812 pages
...State, against which Congress can afford no immunity."26 The Revised Statutes further provide that : " No testimony given by a witness before either House, or before any committee of either House of Congress, shall be K 20 St. at L. 30 (1 US Supp. 312). » In re Pacific Railway Commission, 2s United...
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The General Principles of the Law of Evidence: With Their Application to the ...

Frank Sumner Rice - 1892 - 832 pages
...Sup. Rev. Stats. 312. § 859. TESTIMONY BEFOEE CONGRESS NOT ADMISSIBLE IN CRIMINAL PKOSECUTIONS. — No testimony given by a witness before either House, or before any committee of either House of Congress, shall be used as evidence in any criminal proceeding against him in any court, except...
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Congressional Serial Set

1893 - 1256 pages
...disgrace him or otherwise render him infamous. Section 859 of the Revised Statutes is as follows : No testimony given by a witness before either House or before any committee of cither House of Congress shall be used as evidence in any criminal proceedings against him in any court,...
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