At the request of a codefendant the court shall order a separate trial when several persons are accused and one of them shall have made declarations, admissions or confessions pertinent to the case which might affect said codefendant adversely, unless the prosecuting attorney announces that he will not offer in evidence said declarations, admissions or complaints, nor shall he make, in any manner whatsoever, reference thereto during the trial.
This rule shall not be applicable to a trial for the offense of conspiracy.