Category: JOHN SLATON GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA

Governor To The General Assembly Of Georgia June 23 1915 State Vs Leo Frank Page 31
water' just as they are used in the Mary Phagan notes.In Conley's testimony, he says the word 'hisself' constantly.It is urged by the lawyers for the defense that Conley's characteristic was to use double adjectives.In the Mary Phagan notes, he…

Governor To The General Assembly Of Georgia June 23 1915 State Vs Leo Frank Page 32
In reply to this, the State introduced on the extraordinary motion the testimony of Philip Chambers, who swears that unused order blanks entitled 'Atlanta, Ga.' were in the office next to Frank's office and that he had been in the…

Governor To The General Assembly Of Georgia June 23 1915 State Vs Leo Frank Page 33
evidence of Police Sergeant Dobbs, who visited the scene of the crime on Sunday morning, as follows:"This scratch pad was also lying on the ground close to the body. The scratch pad was lying near the notes. They were all…

Governor To The General Assembly Of Georgia June 23 1915 State Vs Leo Frank Page 34
The evidence as to the probability of the blank on which the death note was written being in the basement, and the evidence as to the hair, would have tended to show that the murder was not committed on the…

Governor To The General Assembly Of Georgia June 23 1915 State Vs Leo Frank Page 35
The evidence loses its pertinency if Mary Phagan had not arrived at the time Monteen Stover came. What is the evidence?The evidence uncontradicted discloses that Mary Phagan ate her dinner at 11:30 o'clock, and the evidence of the streetcar men…

Governor To The General Assembly Of Georgia June 23 1915 State Vs Leo Frank Page 36
hardly seems possible under the evidence that Mary Phagan was at that time being murdered.Lemmie Quinn testifies that he reached Frank's office about 12:20 and saw Mr. Frank. At 12:30, Mrs. J. A. White called to see her husband at…

Governor To The General Assembly Of Georgia June 23 1915 State Vs Leo Frank Page 37
found by her side, it was urged before me by counsel for the defense that ladies usually carried their handkerchiefs in their mesh bags.If the motive was assault, either by natural or perverted means, the physicians' evidence, who made the…

Governor To The General Assembly Of Georgia June 23 1915 State Vs Leo Frank Page 38
It may be possible that his version is correct. The testimony discloses that he was in the habit of allowing men to go into the basement for immoral purposes for a consideration, and when Mary Phagan passed by him close…

Governor To The General Assembly Of Georgia June 23 1915 State Vs Leo Frank Page 39
In this connection, Judge Roan declared orally from the bench that he was not certain of the defendant's guilt that with all the thought he had put on this case, he was not thoroughly convinced whether Frank was guilty or…

Governor To The General Assembly Of Georgia June 23 1915 State Vs Leo Frank Page 40
Surely, if Judge Roan entertained the extreme doubt indicated by his statement and had remembered the power granted him by the Code, he would have sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment.In a letter written to counsel, he says, "I shall…