0285 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY.

EXHIBIT X.

GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY.

Personally appeared John H. Shipp, who on oath says that
on Friday August 23, he was in room 301 of the Kaiser Building,
corner Hunter and So. Pryor streets, that he saw the jury come out
of the court house about 6 P. M., that a few minutes after the
jury came out of the court house, Mr. Dorsey, appeared in the
entrance, whereupon a great cheer arose from the people crowding
in the streets and around the court house entrance; that at
that time deponent saw the jury about fifty feet from the en-
trance of the court house, the jury at that time crossing the
street diagonally toward the German Cafe; that in the opinion of
deponent the yells and cheers could have been heard several blocks
away; that the crowd yelled "Hurrah for Dorsey" and that the words were plainly audible.

Deponent further states that he was in room 301 of the Kaiser
Building on Saturday August 23 that he saw the jury emerge from
the court house entrance at about one o'clock; that a few minutes
after the jury came out, Mr. Dorsey, came out and immediately
a great crowd around the court house door set up a yell and cheer
saying "Hurrah for Dorsey", taking off their hats and throwing
them in the air and otherwise exhibiting their enthusiasm, that
at the time of the yelling, the jury was not in sight of the
deponent, but deponent is of the opinion that they were within
easy hearing of the yelling and must have heard all that transpired.

Deponent further states that while he has been around the court
house, during the progress of the trial, he has heard numerous
threats of violence to the accused in case of an acquittal; that
deponent knows that one of the persons making threats was armed,
that he exhibited his weapon at time of making threat.

John H. Shipp.

Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this 28th day of August, 1913.
C. A. Stokes, Notary Public Fulton County, Ga.

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