State v. Rixon

Defendants were indicted for arson and each moved to quash the indictment on the ground that they had been compelled to testify against themselves before the grand jury. The motions were denied; but, deeming the matters involved doubtful and important, the trial court certified to this court two questions for decision. We need answer but one of the questions certified, for that will dispose of both cases. While the record presented’in the Phelps case is not the same as in the Kixon case, it is sufficiently similar in respect to the one question to be answered to dispose of both cases.

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