1915 February 21 Atlanta Constitution 50 Pages Georgia

1915 February 21 Atlanta Constitution 50 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1915

PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 1 FRANK AND STATE COMPLETE BRIEFS TO SUPREME COURT State’s Right to Enforce Own Criminal Laws Up- held by Hugh M. Dorsey and Warren Grice. SAY DISORDER CHARGES ARE GREATLY ENLARGED Frank’s Brief Filed Satur- day in Washington, Pro- nounces Trial a Travesty of Justice. Asserting the right of every State of the Union to make and enforce its own Criminal laws, free from interference or supervision by the Federal Courts, and citing the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States itself to support this contention, the brief of the State of Georgia in the Leo M. Frank Appeal to the Supreme Court was completed Saturday night after several weeks of persistent work by Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey and Attorney General Warren Grice. Within a few hours after the completion of the brief Mr. Dorsey left for Washington. The rules of the Supreme Court, requiring that a printed Brief be filed, Mr. Dorsey took with him the first Copy of the Brief off the Press of the Official State Printer—Charles P. Byrd. Attorney General Grice will leave Sunday for Washington, and he and Mr. Dorsey will file the Brief in the Supreme Court on Monday. The Brief of Counsel for Leo M. Fr