0317 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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Georgia,
Fulton County.

State of Georgia, In Superior Court of Fulton County,
Vs. Georgia.
Leo M. Frank.

To the Honorable Clerk of the Superior Court of
Walton County, Georgia.

This application shows the following facts:
Heretofore, a verdict of guilty was returned in said case,
judgment was passed by the Court, and a motion for new trial
was filed in said case, which said motion for new trial is set
for hearing on October 4th, 1913, before Judge L. S. Roan,
Judge of the Stone Mountain Circuit.

It is shown that there are three parties who reside in Monroe
Walton County, Georgia, to-wit: J. J. Nunnally, Esq., Virgil
Harris, Esq. and W. L. Ricker, Esq., whose affidavits are desired
by the movant as evidence on said motion, and further that all
three of said parties have refused to give said affidavits.

Wherefore, this application is made to the Clerk, as provided
by Section 5916-19 of the Civil Code of 1910, State of Ga.,
that subpoenas may be issued addressed to each of said parties,
requiring them to be and appear before Hon. Roberts or
Clifford Walker, Notary Publics of said Walton Co., Ga. and
answer under oath such written questions as are hereto annexed
and such further written questions as may be propounded upon the
hearing, in lieu of making said affidavit.

R. R. Arnold,
L. Z. Rosser,
Attys. for Leo M. Frank, Movant.