People v. Doe

A writ of certiorari was issued in this case to review the proceedings had before Hon. Harry J. Dingeman, circuit judge, sitting as a one-man grand jury in a John Doe proceeding under Act No. 196, Pub. Acts 1917, as amended by Act No. 395, Pub. Acts 1921 (Comp. Laws Supp. 1922, § 15664 [2]), pending before him in Berrien county in sentencing plaintiff, Walter M. Nelson, to the county jail for 30 days.

In the return to the writ the following statement occurs:

"Respondent further shows that it being evident to the court from petitioner's own testimony that he had deliberately falsified and that…