Sec. 79.
After an indictment shall be found against any defendant, he may have witnesses examined in his behalf conditionally on the order of a judge of the court in which the indictment is pending, in the same cases upon the like notice to the prosecuting attorney, and with like effect in all respects as in civil suits.
History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17293 ;-- CL 1948, 767.79 Former Law: See section 37 of Ch. 164 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 6046; CL 1871, § 7915; How., § 9526; CL 1897, § 11911; and CL 1915, § 15738.