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A witnessshall nat be excused from"'answor- 'Witnessnot ing any questian as to. any matter relevant to. the ~~~~~~~:ll~j~~ matter in issue in any suit 0.1'in any civil 0.1'cdminal gl'o1!lld th~t. praceedin~, upan the graund that the answer to. such ~1.J.S\~Cl:WIll , - ° 11 " t d d ' 1 ' Cllllllnate. questian WI crImInate, 0.1'may en. Irect y or In- directly to criminate, such witness~ 0.1'that it 'will expo.se, or tend directly or indirectly to. expose, su0h . ""~witness to. a penalty 0.1'farfeiture af any kind: Pravided that no. such answer, which a witness Proviso, shall be campelled to. give, shall, subject him to any arrest or prasecution, 0.1'be praved against hint in any criminal praceeding, except a prasecutian far giving false evidence by such answer. . . , 133, An accamplice shall be a campetent witness ~ccomplicc~ against an accused persan; and a conviction is nat illegal merely because it praceeds upan the uncar;ra- barated testimany af an accamplice. .