1914 December 20 Atlanta Constitution 54 Pages Georgia

1914 December 20 Atlanta Constitution 54 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1914

PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 5 APPEAL OF FRANK TO SUPREME COURT NOT YET ALLOWED Delay Until Monday Re- suits When Federal Law Passed in 1908, Governing Procedure in Such Cases, Is Cited. JUDGE NEWMAN DENIES WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS Makes Announcement, How- ever, That He “Is Inclined to Grant” the Prisoner the Right to Carry the Case to Washington. Leo M. Frank, condemned to be hanged January 22 next, for the murder here in April, 1913, of Mary Phagan, Saturday lost another point in his legal battle to escape paying the death penalty, when Federal Judge W. T. Newman refused to grant a petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus for Frank’s release. A motion was immediately made by Frank’s Attorneys requesting an Appeal to the United States Supreme Court, and Judge Newman announced he would give a decision on this motion Monday. There was some confusion with regard to the Appeal, and it was at first announced that Judge Newman had granted it. The Judge announced at the close of the hearing that he was “inclined to grant the Appeal,” but subsequently the Federal Law enacted in 1908 requiring a Federal Judge in granting an Appeal in Habeas Corpus Proceedings to issue a Certificate stating his opinion that