1914 April 17 Atlanta Constitution 12 Pages Georgia

1914 April 17 Atlanta Constitution 12 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1914

PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 1 WAY IS PAVED TO TAKE CASE OF LEO M. FRANK BEFORE FEDERAL COURT Through New Attorneys, Claim Is Made That the Prisoner’s Constitutional Rights Were Violated When He Was Not Brought Into Court to Hear Jury’s Verdict. DECLARES HIS LAWYERS HAD NO RIGHT TO WAIVE HIS PRESENCE IN COURT Judge Ben Hill Fixes Hear- ing on Extraordinary Mo- tion and on Petition of the New Attorneys for Next Wednesday Morning—At- torneys Make Statements. In event the fight is lost in the courts of Georgia to save the life of Leo M. Frank, the way was paved yesterday to carry his case before the highest tribunal of our land—the United States Supreme Court in Washington. This was made possible at 10 o’clock Thursday morning, when Attorney John L. Tye, recently employed by Leo Frank, brought out before Judge Ben Hill during the retrial motion proceedings of the defense, the first constitutional rights issue of the Frank case. Attorney Tye argued that the prisoner was unaware of the action of his attorneys, L. Z. Rosser and Reuben R. Arnold, in waiving his appearance in the courtroom at the time the verdict was rendered last August. He declared that the defendant is constitutionally entitled t