1914 December 30 Atlanta Constitution 10 Pages Georgia
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1914 December 30 Atlanta Constitution 10 Pages Georgia
Author: Atlanta Constitution
Year: 1914
PDF PAGE 3, COLUMN 4 LONG LEGAL BATTLE IN LEO FRANK CASE Both Sides Prepare for Hard Fight Before the Supreme Court. MAY USE SIOUX CITY CASE. News from Sioux City, Iowa, is to the effect that Attorneys for Leo Frank have obtained information in that City which they will use in their fight in the United States Supreme Court. A transcript has been secured of the evidence in the Case of Harry B. Murphy charged with white slavery. Murphy was convicted, but the verdict was rendered while he was absent from the Courtroom. Federal Judge Elliot, of Sioux Falls, upon a Constitutional motion similar to the Frank motion, set the verdict aside as unconstitutional and gave the convicted man his freedom. News from Washington is to the effect that formal steps in the granting of an Appeal to the Supreme Court for Leo Frank were delayed yesterday, pending the submission to Justice Lamar of properly drafted papers by the convicted man’s lawyers. The signing of these papers constitutes only a formality, and will not take up much additional time. Preparations have already begun for the hardest-fought legal battle yet in the Frank Case. Lawyers for the defense held a Conference Monday night until far