Ex Parte Burt

We think that the writ should be denied for the reason that the defendant was not entitled to have the prosecution against him dismissed because of his appearance before the grand jury under the circumstances set forth in the opinion of the Court of Appeals. In other words, section 12 of the Acts of 1915, page 12, does not apply to one who voluntarily appears before the grand jury for manufacturing a defense to a criminal prosecution pending against him.

We do not wish to commit this court, however, to the soundness of the other two propositions advanced by the Court of Appeals:

First, that the…