He presents with the petition the record of his conviction and sentence in the Supreme Court of the District to imprisonment for five years under an indictment for embezzlement, and this record and the petition of the applicant present all that could be brought before the court on a return to the writ, if one were awarded.

When the court reconvened a short time later, it decided that the indictments could not be tried together and so directed the jury to be discharged from further consideration of them, and rescinded the order of consolidation.

That amendment declares, among other things, that no person shall be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb, .

Is a judgment of conviction void when a deposition has been read against a person on trial for crime because he was not confronted with the witness, or because the indictment did not inform him with sufficient clearness of the nature and cause of the accusation?

There are exceptions to this rule, but when they are relied on as foundations for relief in another proceeding, they could be clearly found to exist.

Without giving an opinion as to whether that decision was sound or not, the court decided it could not grant the writ being asked for, and it was denied.