1. After the accused himself had testified in his defense in a murder case, the trial judge, over the objection of the fiscal, allowed the defense counsel to file and merely submit the affidavits of the other witnesses of the accused in lieu of their direct testimony but subject still to cross-examination by the prosecution. The fiscal thus filed with the Supreme Court a petition for certiorari and prohibition to nullify the order of the trial court judge allowing such a procedure. Should said petition be granted?