0956 Slide – Georgia Supreme Court Leo Frank Appeals Documents, 1913, 1914

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jury came out of the court-room, Mr. Dorsey came out, and the crowd set up cheering and yelling "Hurrah for Dorsey." At the time of the yelling and cheering the jury was just crossing the street towards the Barbers' Supply Company, which is next to the Kiser Building. That in the opinion of the deponent there was about a thousand people crowding about the court room.
MARANO BENBENISTY.

Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 29th day of August, 1913.
C. A. STOKES,
Notary Public, Fulton County, Ga.

EXHIBIT W.

State of Georgia,
vs.
Leo M. Frank.

Personally appeared Isaac J. Hazan, who on oath says that he was standing outside of the court house on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 22d, at about 12:20, and I saw the jury come out of the court room. Soon after the jury came out of the court room, Mr. Dorsey came out, and the crowd set up cheering and yelling "Hurrah." Hurrah." At the time of the yelling and cheering the jury was just crossing the street towards the Barbers' Supply Company, which is next to the Kiser Building. That in the opinion of the deponent there was about a thousand people crowded about the court room.

Deponent further states that as the jury reached the other side of Pryor Street in front of the Barbers' Supply Company, deponent heard ten or fifteen men in front of the court house yelling toward the jury that unless they brought in a verdict of guilty, that they would kill the whole damn bunch; that in the opinion of your deponent, the verdict must have heard them, because one of the jurors turned his face toward the yelling just when that occurred.
ISAAC J. HAZAN.

Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 29th day of August, 1913.
C. A. STOKES,
Notary Public, Fulton County, Ga.

EXHIBIT X.

Georgia, Fulton County.

Personally appeared John H. Shipp, who on oath says that on Friday August 22, he was in room 301 of the Kiser Building, corner Hunter and So. Pryor Streets; that he saw the jury come out of the court house about 12 P.M.; that a few minutes after the jury came out of the court house, Mr. Dorsey appeared in the entrance, whereupon a great cheer arose from the people crowding in the streets and around the court house entrance; that at that time deponent saw the jury about fifty feet from the entrance of the court house, the jury at that time crossing diagonally toward the German Cafe; that in the opinion of deponent the yells and cheers could have been heard several blocks away; that the crowd yelled "Hurrah for Dorsey," and that the words were plainly audible.
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