0041 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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in a way to indicate that they were the least bit prejudiced
or biased, but each of these men, as did I and every other
member of the jury, deported themselves as honest, upright,
prudent and impartial jurors; if either the said A.H.Henslee
or the said M.J.Chenning believed that Frank was guilty until
after the entire case had been heard and concluded and sub-
mitted to the jury, they at least did not so express themselves,
or give vent to any other expression within my hearing or
knowledge, indicating any bias or prejudice against the said
Frank; I did not know how A.H.Henslee stood on the issue until
after the first ballot had been taken; then said Henslee made
a talk and stated that he had cast a doubtful ballot; there
was one ballot marked "doubtful"; he explained to the jury
why he cast this doubtful ballot, and submitted some suggest-
ions with reference to the evidence up to that time, so far as
I know, said Henslee had not intimated or expressed any opinion
whatsoever with reference to any feature of the case; THAT
as to M.J.Chenning; during the entire twenty-nine days that
we were together as jurors, he did not, so far as I know, say
or intimate how he stood on the issue; so far as I was able to
judge from his conduct and deportment, said Joenning was an
upright, honest, fair, prudent, impartial and conscientious
juror; imbued with only one purpose, viz., the ascertaining
of the truth, what is said above as to the impartiality, fair-
ness and conscientiousness of Joenning is true of Henslee and
likewise of each and every man on the jury. THAT I did not
at any time, while a juror, hear any applause except such as
occurred in open court, and which was heard by the Judge,
jury and attorneys in the case; I did not know that there
had been any cheering of anybody 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 ver-
dict was rendered, and I was told about said incidents; the
jury left the courtroom before the Judge, lawyers, and audience