State v. Whalen

Citations

• 108 Wash. 287
• 183 P. 130
• 1919 Wash. LEXIS 866

Syllabus

<p>Bail (6)—Discharge. Forfeiture of a bail bond cannot be defeated for duress and want of consideration, where the information under which the principal was arrested and held charged a crime and he was not entitled to discharge without trial.</p> <p>Witnesses (96)—Privilege—-Waiver. ' Rem. Code, § 6262-13, providing that no person shall be prosecuted on account of any transaction concerning which he shall be compelled to testify, does not render a witness immune from prosecution where he testified voluntarily and made no claim of privilege; and in such case, sureties on his bail bond cannot claim the privilege to evade forfeiture of the bond.</p>