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Senior LA Judge DiesOfCancerNEWPORT BEACH -Senior Los Angeles U.S. District Judge Elisha Avery Crary IV died of cancerFriday at Hoag Memorial Hospital. He was 72.Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today in St. James Episcopal Church, 3209 Via Lido.Judge Crary was born in Grundy Center, Iowa, attended West Point, received his law degree from the University of Southern California and was appointed to the federal bench in Los Angeles Aug. 28, 1962.In a landmark 1972 ruling Judge Crary held that persons cannot use the Fifth Amendment guarantee against self-incrimination if they are granted immunity from prosecution for any crimes brought forth in their testimony.The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Crary’s contempt citation of two men who had refused to testify before a federal grand jury despitea grant of immunity.Survivors include his widow, Emma jane, of Newport Beach; two sons, E. Avery “Pete” Crary V, of Newport Beach, and Oliver Northcote Crary, of Corona del Mar.
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Santa Ana Orange County Register
Santa Ana, California, US
Sat, Apr 29, 1978
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