1914 June 07 Atlanta Constitution 70 Pages Georgia

1914 June 07 Atlanta Constitution 70 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1914

PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 4 ANOTHER STEP IN FRANK CASE WON BY STATE Demurrer of Solicitor Dor- sey Upheld by Judge Hill. Motion to Set Aside Ver- dict Dismissed. Within twenty days there will be still another phase of the Frank Case before the Supreme Court, for Judge Ben Hill yesterday morning sustained Hugh Dorsey’s demurrer to the motion of John L. Tye to upset the verdict and dismissed the motion without calling upon the solicitor for argument in rebuttal. Judge Hill left the city last night for Florida, where he goes to spend a short pleasure trip. He will return before twenty days have elapsed and will certify to a bill of exceptions which will carry the motion to the Supreme Court. The date of Leo Frank’s execution is now indefinite. Sentence was suspended when Judge Hill issued the dismissing order Saturday. Attorneys John Tye and Henry Peeples, representing the convicted man, pleaded that the order suspending sentence be contained in the dismissing document. A protest was made and won by Solicitor Dorsey. The suspension of sentence will be set apart from the order bearing on the verdict motion. Able Arguments. “I think it is proper to say that the arguments have been extremely ab