1688 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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Total introduced by State................99.......Total alleged to have
repudiated................8............

Character witness intro-
duced by the State................10.......Character witnesses alleged
to have repudiated
testimony................1

Deponent further says that he is an attorney at law,
and has been practicing at the Atlanta bar about seven years.

The State further introduced the following transcript of
the testimony of Miss Grace Hix as given at the original trial:
"Q.How did you know that that was Mary Phagan? A.I just knowed her
by her hair being so long.
Q.Knew her by her hair? A. Yes sir.
On cross examination counsel for the defendant asked said witness,
answers, viz, the following questions, and received the following
"Miss Grace, what sort of hair did little Mary Phagan have? A. Well
she had a kind of sandy color of hair.
Q.Was it lighter than yours or less light? A. It was darker than mine.
Q.Darker than your hair? A. Yes sir.
Q.Much darker? A. Well, it was about two shades darker than mine.
Q.You would say about two shades darker then mine.
though? A. Yes sir."

The State further introduced the following transcript of
the testimony of Miss Magnolia Kennedy as given at the original trial:
"Q.Did you discover any hair on there anywhere that was not my hair?
Mr. Barrett called me and showed me the hair at the machine.
Q.And you identified it, didn't you? A. Yes sir, that was mine.
Q.Whose hair was it? A. I took like Mary's hair.
Q. Where was it when you saw it? A. It was on the lathing machine.
Q. Was it of said record, these cross questions were asked and
the answers were as follows:
Q.How was the color of Mary's hair and what was the color of
the hair you found there? A. Mary's hair was a light brown, kind of
sandy color.
Q. Was this light brown that you found? A. Yes sir."

The State further introduced the following statement made
by Frank's attorney at the original trial in the examination of
the witness Miss Corinthia Hall:
"Now I will ask you a question that I am asking every lady who works
on the 4th floor, - Did you ever meet Mr.Frank at the factory, or at
any time or place for any immoral purpose?"

and the question asked by Frank's attorney of the witness Miss Ida
Hayes: "Now I am going to ask you a question that I am asking every
lady who works on the 4th floor, - Did you ever meet Mr.Frank at any time or place
where else"