People v. Guber

This is a motion for a writ of error coram nobis and it is the second motion of this sort defendant has made. In the first motion, denied in 1947, defendant charged fraud. His claim now is that he was denied counsel of his own choice at his trial and that subpoenas for witnesses were withheld.

Defendant, who insisted in acting as his own lawyer, was tried in the Court of General Sessions on charges of larceny and forgery arising out of stock swindles. With interruptions the trial lasted from October 14, 1945, to January 14, 1946, and the stenographic minutes covered 1,476 pages. The forgery…