1915 May 03 Atlanta Constitution 10 Pages Georgia

1915 May 03 Atlanta Constitution 10 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1915

PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 1 DORSEY WILL ASK DEATH SENTENCE FOR FRANK TODAY Although Supreme Court Mandate Has Not Yet Been Handed Down, He Will Present Habeas Cor- pus Writ. NO LEGAL OBSTACLES NOW EXIST, HE SAYS Declares Is Expected to Contest Plea, Holding That Sentence Cannot Be Passed Until Mandate Arrives. Although the mandate of the United States Supreme Court, which recently refused to interfere in the Leo M. Frank Case, has not yet reached Atlanta, Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey will appear before Judge Ben Hill this morning and ask that the Prisoner be ordered before the Court to be resentenced without further delay. Judge Hill’s decision is expected to establish a precedent, since he will have to pass on the Question of the right of the State to resentence a Prisoner before legally notified by the highest Court in the land. When it was learned last night that the proposed action would be taken, Dorsey stated that it was solely an effort to prevent delay, and that he intended submitting to Judge Hill the proposition of deciding whether or not it was legally necessary to await the Supreme Court mandate. Defense Will Contest. Dorsey’s Plea will, it is stated, be contested by the D