Frank v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Boan. Fulton superior court. October 31, 1913. /"Leo M. Frank was indicted for the murder of Mary PHagan. The indictment charged that the homicide was committed by choking the victim with a cord drawn around her neck/On the trial the accused was convicted, and sentenced to be hanged. A motion for new trial was made, which, after amendment, was heard and overruled. The defendant excepted.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Boan. Fulton superior court. October 31, 1913. /"Leo M. Frank was indicted for the murder of Mary PHagan. The indictment charged that the homicide was committed by choking the victim with a cord drawn around her neck/On the trial the accused was convicted, and sentenced to be hanged. A motion for new trial was made, which, after amendment, was heard and overruled. The defendant excepted. The homicide occurred in April, 1913. ,-Frank was a married man, and a few days more than twenty-nine years old. He was superintendent of the National Pencil Factory, a…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. Testimony was admitted, over objection that it was irrelevant; to the effect that on Sunday morning after the discovery of the dead body, Newt Lee, while under arrest as the perpetrator of the crime, was composed. There was other evidence to the effect that on the same morning the defendant, Frank, while visiting the corpse and conferring with the officers, was very nervous. The solicitor-general commented on the difference between the demeanor of Lee and Frank, as a circumstance pointing to the guilt of the latter. The body was found im the pencil…
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