0035 Page – Leo Frank Georgia Supreme Court Appeals Records, 1913, 1914

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by the side of the Jury, and neither did anybody within my
knowledge, ever speak to any juror at any time or place outside
of the presence of the court. THAT if any man ever
grabbed any juror by the hand or held any conversation with any
juror, the same was not in my presence; no man ever grabbed me by
the hand at the place referred to by W. P. Neill in his affidavit
nor did I see or hear or know anything about any man grabbing any
member of the jury by the hand or saying anything to any
juror, or attempting to say anything to any juror; and within my
knowledge there was no communication at any time or place or in
any shape, manner, or form, with any juror with any party on the
outside; all communications had by the jury with outsiders, so
far as I know, were through the bailiffs, and said communications
were authorized by the court and known to counsel on both sides of
the case. THAT so, far as I am personally concerned, and so far as
I know as to each and every juror on-the case, they were in-
fluenced solely and alone by the evidence and the charge as
given by the court, and were not influenced in anywise , in any way,
manner, shape, or form, by anything from the outside, but the verdict
was rendered, so far as I am concerned, and as to the other
jurors, so far as their deportment shows, I believe was rendered
from an honest opinion based on the law and evidence of the case.

D. TOWNSEND 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 said jury; I had
occasion to and do know of the conduct of these two men on the jury;
at no time did either of them express themselves in a way to in-
dicate that they were in the least bit prejudiced or biased, but
each of these men, as did each and every other member of the jury,
deported themselves as honest, upright, prudent and impartial
jurors nor did either the said A.H.Henslee or the said M. J. Johenning
believed that Frank was guilty until after the entire case had

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