730 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document

698 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

with the ease as far as her guilt or innocence was concerned.
The jury must not allow the position of the prosecutor as
mayor, his power or past record to influence them.

THE VERDICT AND SENTENCE.

The Jury retired and after an absence of 25 minutes, re-
turned into Court with a verdict of Guilty.

Mr. Russell asked for a poll of the jury and the clerk
called each man’s name and he stood and was questioned as
to whether that was his verdict, all twelve answering in the
affirmative.

Jupce Hn said he found it somewhat difficult to decide
what to do. The apparent poor health, type and breeding
of the prisoner precluded the possibility of placing her upon
the public roads or at hard labor.

He would therefore sentence her to serve twelve months ef
Milledgeville at the state farm, and at the end of her prison
term to pay a fine of $1,000.