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PEOPLE v WILLIAM WEAVER: TRANSCRIPT OF
COURT FILE
DOCUMENT
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DOC.#
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5/7/45
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The Grand Jury came into court and made the
following presentment:
People vs William Weaver – Indictment for Murder
A True Bill, Wm. D. Lowry, Foreman
Ordered that the Court be adjourned until 8
O’Clock tomorrow morning.
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48784
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5/9/45
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The People vs William Weaver – Indictment for
murder
This day came the People by the Attorney General
and the said Defendant William Weaver in proper person and by his counsel and
the said Defendant being furnished with a copy of the indictment and a list
of the Jurors and witnesses, and on being arraigned for plea to the
Indictment saith that he is not guilty in manner and form as charged therein,
and for the trial thereof he puts himself on the country; and the People do
the like, and thereupon came a jury to wit: Joseph White Harrison, W. Drellinger, Alexander Walter, Henry
Sadorus, William H. Probst, Charles W. Pritchard, Daniel Hammer, John Hammer,
John Mead, Winston Somers, Michael Friebaugh, Wells Edgerton, who being
elected tried and sworn well and truly to try the issue joined as aforesaid
after hearing the evidence and the arguments of counsel for verdict say they
find the said Defendant William Weaver guilty of the Murder of David
Hiltibran in manner and form as charged in the Indictment.
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48785
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5/10/45
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45-05-10:
The People vs William Weaver – Indictment for Murder
And now at this day came again the People by the
Attorney General and the said Defendant in his proper person and by his
counsel and the said defendant enters his motion for a new trial which motion
being heard by the Court is denied and the said defendant saying nothing
further why the judgment of the Court should not be pronounced, it is
therefore ordered and adjudged by the Court that the said William Weaver be remanded
to jail and there be Kept in close confinement until Friday the
Twenty-Seventh day of June next, on which day between the hours of two and
four of the Clock of the afternoon thereof he shall be taken by the Sheriff
to the place of Execution and be there hanged by the neck until he is dead.
It is further ordered that the defendant pay the costs of this prosecution
and that Execution issue therefor.
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48786
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