Ohio Supreme Court December 15, 1836 (Kuder v. Cronice)

Judge Grimke

delivered the opinion of the court:

Section 12 of the statute declares, that “ if any person, guilty of any of the offenses enumerated, shall be called upon before a grand jury, or in any court of justice, to testify on behalf of the state, the witness shall be compelled *to give all the facts in evidence, and shall not be indictable or punishable for any of the offenses so by him