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

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698 X. American State Trials

With the case 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, returned to the court with a verdict of guilty.

Mr. Russell requested a poll of the jury. The clerk called each man's name, and each juror stood and was questioned as to whether that was his verdict, with all twelve answering in the affirmative.

Judge Hn stated that 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 on the public roads or at hard labor.

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