222 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSThe following jurors were selected and sworn: F. E. Winburn (foreman), M. S. Woodward, D. Townsend, A. L. Wisbey, W. M. Jeffries, M. Johenning, J. T. Osborn, F. V. L. Smith,…
221 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANK, 189Leo M. Frank was arraigned on April 26, 1918, in Michigan, where he pleaded not guilty, and his trial commenced on that day. The prosecution was represented by Hugh M. Dorsey,…
220 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:188 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.The crowd once again manifested their resentment towards the prisoner; they applauded the state counsel more than once, and the crowd in the streets cheered the prosecuting attorneys as they…
223 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANKI said, "I ain't allowed to let anybody in here after six o'clock." Mr. Frank came busting out of the door and ran into Gantt unexpectedly, and he jumped back frightened. Gantt…
217 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANK, 186On the trial, Conley testified that Frank had asked him to come to the factory on Saturday and watch for him, as he had previously done. Conley explained that this meant…
216 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:184 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.A hair found on a lathe, examined under a microscope, led to the opinion that it was not hers. Other witnesses claimed they saw blood on the floor near the…
215 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANK. 188When Lee came upstairs to report, Frank, rubbing his hands, met him and told him to go out and have a good time until six o'clock. When Lee returned, Frank changed…
218 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:186 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Frank denied the truth of Conley's story in its entirety and stated that Mary Phagan came into his office around noon. He claimed that he gave her the envelope and…
213 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:JOHN HODGESCan it be that your conduct may be separated from your actions, and guilt may be fastened upon your actions, although the heart be innocent?Gentlemen, so solemnly, so deeply, so religiously do I…
214 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:THE TRIAL OF LEO M. FRANK FOR THE MURDER OF MARY PHAGAN, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 1913THE NARRATIVESaturday, April 26, 1913, was Memorial Day, a holiday, and there was no work going on in the National…
211 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:JOHN HODGES. 179Upon a mind which virtuous inducements could betray into error; but in what way we can distort it into treason, I have not yet been able directly to learn.The conduct is in…
212 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:180 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.You could not have failed to be successful. You are charged with his life and honor, because I assured him that the law was a pledge for the security of…
210 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:178 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Stone was acquitted. Has any answer been given to that authority? Has any been even attempted?This indictment charges Hodges with having done certain things wickedly, maliciously, and traitorously. Must not…
209 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:JOHN HODGESIn the hope of deliverance from the danger that encompassed him, I have been disappointed. As if the salvation of the state depended upon the conviction of this unfortunate man—whose situation, one would…
206 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:114 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSThe counsel were allowed to argue that the letters were transmitted with a good intent, in order to avert the danger of so great a calamity as an invasion. Yet,…
205 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:JOHN HODGES. 173A man acquitted of treason may not be the enemy of the king, nor the friend of any man who is his enemy.Consider the case of a man who, in time of…
207 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:JOHN HODGES. 176There was an apprehension, by no means unreasonable, for the quiet and safety of the frightened women and helpless children of the neighborhood, and for the security of the persons and property…
208 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:176 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.In addressing a tribunal where these considerations have their full weight, I expect with confidence that the court will vindicate the doctrines which I have had the honor to advance.Dovatn,…
204 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:172 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS,In the realm of civil liberty and the law of treason, you will find him perpetually contending, and contending with effect, that although the crown had proved the facts charged,…
201 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:JOHN HODGES169Thomas Sparrow was solicited by F. Rendall to help guard the prisoners. Rendall, Benson, Wells, and myself mounted guard that night. At 12 o'clock, Lansdale came in with a deserter. The next morning,…
203 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:JOHN HODGES. 171Given the principles upon which the prosecution was founded, I do not think it necessary to trouble the jury with a refutation of them. I will confine myself, therefore, to a few…
202 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:170 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Mr. Pinkney: There is no law in this prayer, for it excludes that which is the essence of the offense—intention—and if it were otherwise, the court has no right to…
197 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:JOHN HODGESIn George County, some residents of the town of Upper Marlborough captured four stragglers who were following the army. These individuals, along with a deserter, were sent into the interior of the country.…
200 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:168 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Thomas Holden: I came to Marlborough when the army was halting at Nottingham. I met two gentlemen whom I told I was a deserter from the British; they took me…
199 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:JOHN HODGESBlood would be at our door; I do not know that Hodges was present when this one was stated to be a deserter.Never were people so universally alarmed on God's earth as the…
198 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSTHE WITNESSES FOR THE PROSECUTIONWilliam CatonLast August, I was sent by the governor to Queen Anne on business. There, I saw John Randall guarding some prisoners and a deserter. The two…
193 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORRELLTHE VERDICT AND SENTENCEThe jury retired to consider their verdict. They were out for about an hour, and when they returned, the foreman pronounced the words: "We, the jury, find the prisoner…
192 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:160 & AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.An insane delusion of a character that tends to steal will not excuse a homicide. The act is to be judged always by the nature of the delusion, and of…
195 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:THE TRIAL OF JOHN HODGES FOR TREASON, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 1815THE NARRATIVEDuring the War of 1812, while the British army was retreating from Washington, four stragglers and a deserter were captured by the people of…
196 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:164 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Today, a jury was duly impaneled, and a plea of not guilty was made.Elias Glenn, District Attorney, for the Government.William Pinkney, Thomas Jennings, Upton S. Heath, and John E. Hall…