0087 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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(SENTENCE.)

The State, No. 9410.
Vs. (1.) Indictment for Murder. Fulton Superior
Leo M. Frank. (1.) Court, May Term, 1913, Verdict of
(1.) Guilty, July Term, 1913.

Aug. 25, 1913.

Whereupon, it is considered, ordered and adjudged by the Court that the defendant, Leo M. Frank, be taken from the bar of this court to the common jail of the county of Fulton, and that he be safely there kept until his final execution in the manner fixed by law.

It is further ordered and adjudged by the Court that on the 10th day of October, 1913, the defendant, Leo M. Frank, shall be executed by the Sheriff of Fulton County in private, witnessed only by the executing officer, a sufficient guard, the relatives of such defendant and such clergymen and friends as he may desire; such execution to take place in the common jail of Fulton County and that said defendant, on that day, between the hours of 10 o'clock A. M. and 3 o'clock P. M., be by the Sheriff of Fulton County hanged by the neck until he shall be dead, and may God have mercy on his soul.

In Open Court, this 26th day of August, 1913.

L. S. Roan,
J. S. C. St. Mt. Div., Presiding.

Hugh M. Dorsey,
Sol Gen'l.

This document appears to be a legal sentence for a criminal case. Specifically, it is the sentencing of Leo M. Frank, who was found guilty of murder by the Fulton Superior Court in 1913. The sentence orders that Leo M. Frank be taken to the common jail of Fulton County and kept there until his execution, which is scheduled for October 10, 1913. The execution is to be carried out by hanging, performed by the Sheriff of Fulton County, in private, with only certain individuals allowed to witness. The document is signed by Judge L. S. Roan and Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey.