0030 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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connected with the case, at any time, or that there had been any cheering in any way growing out of or connected with the Frank case, until after the verdict was rendered, and I was told about said incidents; the jury left the courtroom every time before the Judge, lawyers, and audience were permitted to leave, and there was never any applause or cheering either inside the court or outside of the court, within my knowledge, while the case was being considered; the jury, in leaving were always attended by the deputy sheriff or bailiffs, one always going in front and one always in the rear; we were usually taken direct from the courthouse to the German Cafe, located midway of the block on Pryor Street, opposite from the courthouse, and it took only a very short time to go there, - I should say, estimate about three minutes at the outside; upon reaching the German Cafe, we were taken directly to a private dining room in the rear of the building and the door immediately closed; after being shut up in this room, we never heard any sounds that in the slightest resembled cheering or applause; the only cheering that we heard at any time while the case was being considered was the cheering that arose shortly after the verdict of guilty was read, when there was cheering both on Hunter and Pryor Streets, and said cheering was loud and long. With the exception of this cheering, I never heard anything that had the slightest resemblance to cheering, and I never heard any applause except that heard by the Judge and only heard about the cheering after having been discharged from the case. THAT the cheering which occurred just after the reading of the verdict in said case occurred during the time the jurors were being polled by the court. THAT at the time the cheering was heard no objection whatever was made by any one representing Leo M. Frank, or by the said Leo M. Frank himself, nor was any motion made at the time by any of the attorneys of the said Frank or by the said Frank himself, but the polling of the jury which was going on at the time the cheering began and during the cheering and after the cessation of the cheering, was continued.