Show states unique one man probes realize results LANSING MICH unique one man grand jury system Is developing into a sizable government activity with seven inquiries now in progress in six counties and more than instate in state and local funds earmarked to pay the bills targets ol of the jurors range from gambling bribery and liquor control to labor and local courts an estimated 2800 witnesses have testified before the inquisitors inqui As an aftermath of the investigations nearly citizens have been indicted the list including legislators state and local police officials labor leaders bankers industrialists and gamblers the michigan system of one man grand juries dates back to the detroit police court procedure of the the statute providing tor for the IS system which was not written until 1917 enables a justice of the peace police judge or judge of a court of record to act as a grand juror whenever upon filing of a complaint by a citizen or official he has cause to suspect that a crime has been committed within his jurisdiction provision prevision is made for witnesses who may be punished for contempt of court legality of the one man probe has been upheld several times by the michigan supreme court most recently in 1945 |