0032 Page – Leo Frank Georgia Supreme Court Appeals Records, 1913, 1914

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D. TOWNSEND makes affidavit, deposing and saying as follows:

THAT he was one of the jurors who served on the above
stated case and heard the cheering which followed soon after the
reading of the verdict of guilty in open court and which said
cheering was by parties outside of the court, and which cheering
occurred during the time the jury were being polled in court;
THAT at the time the cheering was heard, no objection whatsoever was
made by anyone representing Leo M. Frank, or by Leo M. Frank himself
nor was any motion made at the time by any of the attorneys of said
Frank or by said Frank, but the polling of the jury which was going
on at the time the cheering began during the cheering and after
the cessation of the cheering, was continued THAT this cheering
did not in anywise influence or affect the verdict which had al-
ready been made, nor did it have any influence whatsoever THAT
I remained absolutely unaffected and uninfluenced by the cheering or
the surroundings and in answering the poll, I truthfully answered
after I had heard the cheering, that it was my verdict and in an-
swering sustaining the verdict, I discharged my duty as a consci-
entious juror and now subscribe to the correctness of the verdict as
rendered.

M. L. WOODWARD, makes affidavit, deposing and saying as
follows:

THAT I was a juror on the Frank case; I did not know
personally either A. H. Henslee or M. Johenning, who were also
jurors trying this case, until after we were sworn in on said
jury; I had occasion to and did know the conduct of these two
men on the jury, at no time did either of them express themselves
in a way to indicate that they were in the least bit prejudiced
or biased against the defendant, Leo M. Frank; but each of these
men as did each and every other member of the jury, deported them-
selves as honest, upright, prudent and impartial jurors if either