Holt v. U.S., No. 231 (U.S. Supreme Court) (218 U.S. 245; 31 S.Ct. 2) (October 31, 2010) (Justice Holmes)
Here the Court held that the prohibition of compelling a man in a criminal court to be witness against himself is a prohibition of the use of physical or moral compulsion to extort communications from him, not an exclusion of his body as evidence.
The Court stated: "Another objection is ...
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