1914 December 15 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

1914 December 15 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1914

PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 6 NEW CHANCE SEEN FOR LEO M. FRANK IN SUPREME COURT Appeal From State Supreme Court’s First Decision Pos- sible Under Certain Condi- tions, Says Hooper Alex- ander. PLEA WOULD BE BASED ON CROWD’S INFLUENCE Harry Alexander Says Law- yers for Defense Will Give Careful Consideration to United States Attorney’s Opinion. That Leo M. Frank has a ground of Appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, on a Writ of Error from the Georgia Supreme Court’s first decision in the Case, was the opinion expressed by Hooper Alexander, United States District Attorney, in an address before the students of the Atlanta Law school Monday afternoon in his class in “Constitutional Law.” Mr. Alexander was lecturing to the students on the fourteenth amendment, and was discussing the “Due Process” clause of that Amendment, when the question was propounded by one of the students: “Can you tell us why Leo M. Frank’s Appeal on this ground was turned down by the United States Supreme Court?” Why Appeal Was Denied. Mr. Alexander explained that the United States Supreme Court simply conceded the prior right of the Georgia Supreme Court to define what “Due Process of Law” in this State shall