1915 May 27 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia
Book details
- Title
- 1915 May 27 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia
- Author
- Frank
- Publication year listed
- 1915
- Format
- Public domain eBook
- Reading access
- Free online reader; no registration required
- Source record
- View on Archive.org
About this book
1915 May 27 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia
Author: Atlanta Constitution
Year: 1915
PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 3 CLEMENCY PROTEST IS FILED BY DORSEY Letter Written in Reply to Query From Pardon Board. Outline to Brief to Be Pre- sented by Frank’s Attor- neys. Following the Custom of the Board of Pardons to Communicate with the Solicitor General in Criminal Cases coming before it, the State Prison Commission communicated with Solicitor General Hugh Dorsey several days ago, notifying him of the filing of the Application for Commutation to life imprisonment in the Frank Case and asking him if he had anything to say on the Subject. Solicitor Dorsey has replied to Chairman R. E. Davison, of the Board, setting forth at length his Reasons for entering protest against the Commutation of the Death Sentence. Chairman Davison was seen by several Newspaper Representatives and asked about the letter, to each of whom he replied that it belonged to the Record Files of the Case, and it could not be given out by him without the consent of the whole Board. He admitted that he had received the letter and that in it the Solicitor General had set forth his Reasons why, in his Opinion, the Board should not Commute the Sentence. It is understood that the Solicitor’s letter makes a complete Brie