People v. Birch

The questions involved in these cases arise out of certain proceedings in the circuit court of Genesee county. The material facts are not in dispute. On March 2,1948, the prosecuting attorney of said county filed a petition in the court setting forth that information had been placed before him indicating that certain crimes had been committed within the county, and further alleging that, if such information were false, the crime of perjury had been committed. An inquiry to be conducted in accordance with the so-called one-man grand-jury provisions * of the criminal code of the State was…