1914 May 07 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

1914 May 07 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1914

PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 2 New Trial Denied Leo Frank; No Argument by Hugh Dorsey PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 3 Judge Ben Hill Denies Ex- traordinary Motion of the Defense Without Hearing From the State—Motion Drawn Before He Leaves Bench. SECOND MOTION IS SET FOR NEXT SATURDAY Date of Resentence Has Not Been Set—Leo Frank Still Has Three More Oppor- tunities to Escape Death on the Gallows. Attorney Reuben Arnold stated last night that within twenty days the extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo Frank would be carried before the Supreme Court as a subsequence to the denial of a new trial by Judge Ben Hill yesterday morning. Frank’s counsel has already begun work on the Bill of Exceptions, which will soon be sent to the printers, and which will contain every ground that was set forth in the motion extraordinary before Judge Hill. This will be the second time the Frank case has been before the Supreme Court. Accompanying the Bill of Exceptions will be an opinion by Judge Hill subsequent to his review of the grounds contained in the extraordinary motion. Judge Hill’s decision came as a bolt from the blue Wednesday morning. Without giving Solicitor Dorsey time to make an answering argument to