0207 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

Search for:

Reading Time: 3 minutes [431 words]

Here is the extracted text from the image:

they were about 100 feet from the court house, entering the
Cafe. That he heard the applause but did not hear the crowd
hollo "Hurrah for Dorsey; he heard the holloing and cheering
and the 'jury could have heard what he did. That the applause he
heard was outside of the Cafe, he did not hear the cheering from
the inside of the Cafe. That he did not remember how many people
came up in front of the Cafe. No one came in the Cafe into the
room where the jury was, that is in the room in the rear.

Mr. Arnold testified: I wish to state that on Friday when
court adjourned Mr. Dorsey left the court room and as he left the
court room and as he left I heard loud cheering at the front.
On Saturday, when court adjourned, I asked Mr. Dorsey not to go
out until the jury had gotten away from where they could hear
the noise of the crowd, for fear they should cheer him again as he
left the court room. Mr. Dorsey said all right, and remained in
the court room for a while. Finally, I thought the crowd had
left, and I presume Mr. Dorsey thought the crowd had left, and
of course I do not claim that he is responsible for the cheering,
but he finally left the court room and went out, and I went
out with Mr. Rosser shortly afterwards, behind him. As Mr.
Beavers says, it turned out that jury was at that time entered
the German Cafe, although I didn't see them. I saw people up
there but I didn't know who they were, but as Mr. Dorsey left the
court room there were loud and excited cheers and cries of "Hurrah
for Dorsey". My judgment is that you could have heard the cheers
and cries of "Hurrah for Dorsey" without any trouble, all the way
from the court house up Alabama street; that is my opinion. They
kept cheering him and as my friend went across the street the cries
continued until he got clear into the Kiser Building. The first
cheering was on Friday afternoon, but the second time was on
Saturday when I asked Mr. Dorsey not to go out. I asked Mr. Dorsey
not to go out until the crowd dispersed. He stayed in; I am not
sure but I think I went out with Mr. Dorsey. I didn't know the crowd
was waiting out there, and I presumed the jury had gotten out
of hearing but found they had not. I didn't hear the case men-
tioned; I heard no allusion to this case but I just heard cries
of Hurrah for Dorsey, but on the other occasions--while I