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Wolfle v. United States, 291 U.S. 7 (1934)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Wolfle v. United States, 291 U.S. 7 (1934)
Wolfle v. United States No. 338 Argued December 12, 1933 Decied January 8, 1934 291 U.S. 7
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Syllabus
1. In the absence of congressional legislation on the subject, the admissibility of testimony in the federal Courts in criminal causes is governed by common law principles, as interpreted and applied by those courts in the light of reason and experience. Funk v. United States, 290 U.S. 371. P. 12.
2. The basis of the rule of evidence excluding proof of confidential communications between husband and wife, is the protection of the marriage relation. P. 14.
3. As the privilege suppresses relevant testimony, it should be allowed only where it is plain that marital confidence cannot otherwise be reasonably preserved. Pp. 14, 17.
4. A confidential communication by husband to wife through the medium of his stenographer held admissible upon proof of it by the stenographer testifying from the stenographic notes. P. 16.
64 F.2d 556 affirmed.
Certiorari, 290 U.S. 617, to review the affirmance of a conviction under an indictment charging unlawful uses of the mails for the purpose of effecting a scheme to defraud.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Wolfle v. United States, 291 U.S. 7 (1934) in 291 U.S. 7 291 U.S. 12. Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=1PKS3BJ52LT6T5Q.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Wolfle v. United States, 291 U.S. 7 (1934), in 291 U.S. 7, page 291 U.S. 12. Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=1PKS3BJ52LT6T5Q.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Wolfle v. United States, 291 U.S. 7 (1934). cited in 1934, 291 U.S. 7, pp.291 U.S. 12. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=1PKS3BJ52LT6T5Q.
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