Commonwealth v. Cameron

Citations

• 229 Pa. 592
• 79 A. 169
• 1911 Pa. LEXIS 538

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — Constitutional law — Evidence—Compulsory self incrimination — Constitution of Pennsylvania, art. Ill, sec. 32.</p> <p>1. Exemption from compulsory self incrimination is not a natural right, nor is it a right secured by the federal constitution which a state constitution can neither take away nor abridge.</p> <p>2. The words of sec. 32 of art. Ill of the constitution: “Such testimony shall not afterwards be used against him in any judicial proceeding,” do not confer on the witness an immunity from prosecution for an offense relative to which he has been compelled to testify.</p>