In Re Weir

Petitioner Arthur Weir (also referred to as Arthur J. Weir and hereinafter referred to as plaintiff) filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, reciting that he was confined in the State prison of southern Michigan at Jackson, Michigan, by virtue of an illegal conviction, upon a charge of embezzlement.

In his petition said Arthur Weir claimed that he was extradited from the State of California on a warrant charging larceny by conversion; was tried by a jury and the jury could not agree, on which account that case was dismissed. Plaintiff then by complaint on charge of embezzlement was…