Commonwealth ex rel. Weaver v. Maroney

Wolfe, J., Specially Presiding,

Joseph Weaver, now serving a sentence in the Western State Correctional Institution, has presented a petition for a “Writ of Error”, claiming that certain prejudicial errors occurred at the time of the trial and verdict which led to his sentence. He complains that one of the jurors was biased; that he did not have an opportunity to challenge any juror; that he was not permitted to properly cross-examine witnesses; that one of the witnesses against him was perjured; that there was a conspiracy on the part of police and witnesses to convict him; that some of the…