0049 Page – Leo Frank Georgia Supreme Court Appeals Records, 1913, 1914

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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 out-
siders, 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 cases TFAT so far as I am-personally con-
cerned, and so far as I know, as to each and every juror on the
case, they were influenced solely and alone by the evidence and
the charge as given by the court, and were not influenced in any
wise, in any way, manner, shape or form, by anything from the
outside, but the verdict as rendered, was, so far as I am con-
cerned, and as to the other jurors, so far as their deportments
show, I believe was rendered from an honest opinion based on the
law and evidence of the case,

F. V. L. SMITH makes affidavit, deposing and saying as fol-
lows:

THAT I was a juror on the Frank case; I did not know
personally either A. H. Henslee or M. Joheming, who were also
jurors trying this case, until after we were sworn in
on said jury; I had occasion to and do 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, but each of these men, as did each and
every other member of the jury, deport themselves as honest, pru-
dent, and impartial jurors; if either of the said A. H. Henslee
or the said M. Joheming believed that Frank was guilty until
after the case had been heard, they at least did not so ex-
press themselves, or give vent to any other expression within
my hearing or knowledge, indicating any bias or prejudice against
the said Frank; beyond his sharing the universal opinion in
the spirit of the trial, that the evidence had to be
stronger to convict, I did not know how A.H.Henslee stood on the issue
until after the first ballot had been taken; then said Henslee made