1914 November 21 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

1914 November 21 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1914

PDF PAGE 4, COLUMN 3 LEO FRANK AGAIN LOSES BIG POINT Supreme Court Declines to Certify Case to Supreme Court of U. S.—Dorsey to Fight Further Effort. On the ground that no constitutional point exists in the Leo Frank Case, in which he proposes to be substantiated by the state Supreme Court in the refusal to grant a writ of error, Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey will make a fight against the move of Frank’s Attorneys to gain a hearing before the Supreme Court of the United States. Immediately following the declination of the Georgia Court to issue a writ of error, Attorneys Harry Alexander and Henry Peeples, counsel for Frank on his constitutional motion, left for Washington to confer with Justice Joseph R. Lamar, of the United States Supreme Court, with a view to getting him issue the writ. No fight on this move will be made by Dorsey. In the event Judge Lamar grants the defense appeal, however, the solicitor will present an argument in rebuttal to the effect that no constitutional point exists in the famous case, and that Frank’s lawyers are not justified in their effort to carry the case into the highest court. He will present as corroboration the precedent established by the Ge