0064 Page – Leo Frank Georgia Supreme Court Appeals Records, 1913, 1914

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said six or seven men or any other number of men talk to the
jurors or any of them, on South Pryor Street, or the German Cafe,
or at their rooms at the Kimball House, or elsewhere, at any
time, between the time the jury was impanelled and the time when
it was discharged after having finally rendered its verdict in
the said case, so far as deponents know or believe; at no time
and in no place did deponents see any member of the jury in this
case communicate with, or attempt to communicate, with any one ex-
cepting the officers of the law, at such times and in such manner
as was allowed by law; deponents at no time heard any cheering
by the spectators in or out of the court, which was heard by the
jury, excepting the incident which occurred when the jury was being
polled after the verdict; deponents know of no other demonstrat-
ion within the sight or hearing of the jury, except the instances
of applause in the court room in the presence of the judge, and
which was noticed officially in open court by said judge; that
deponents know of no influence, or attempted influence exerted
upon the jury or any member thereof by spectators in or out of
the court room or elsewhere.

A. H. Henselee makes the following affidavit, de-
posing and saying as follows: That he has read the affidavit
of M. Johenning, made on the 16th of October, 1913, with re-
ference to the influence of the cheering which occurred while
the jury was being polled, and says that the statements contained
in said affidavit are true and correct, and deponent adopts
same as his affidavit.

J. G. Lewis, makes the following affidavit, deposing
that he is in the employ of the clerk of the Superior Court of
above State and County; that during the trial of the Frank case,

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