0273 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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EXHIBIT N.

The State of Georgia,
Vs.
Leo M. Frank.

Fulton Superior Court.

GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY.

Personally appeared before the undersigned a Notary Public in and for said county Mrs. A. Shurman, who on oath says that she is a resident of the City of Atlanta, living at #240 Central Ave., Deponent says that on Monday morning, August 25th, 1913, the last day of the trial of the said Leo M. Frank in the above stated cause, she was present in the court room in company with Miss Martha Kay of #264 S. Pryor Street, before time for court to open that she saw the jury in said case enter said court room and take their places, and in a few moments Mr. Hugh M. Dorsey, the Solicitor General of said court entered the room, just before he entered the room there was loud cheering in the street immediately outside the court house for "Dorsey", all of which was loud and long continued and plainly audible to any one in the court room; as Mr. Dorsey entered the court room there was also cheering in said court room, there was also applauding in the course of Mr. Dorsey's speech a couple of times on said date.

Mrs. A. Shurman

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 3rd day of Sept., 1913.

Robt C. Patterson. Notary Public, Fulton Co. Ga.