0067 Page – Leo Frank Georgia Supreme Court Appeals Records, 1913, 1914

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the reading of the verdict, while the jury was being polled, Deponent
says that at no time did he see any one appeal to or attempt to speak
to any member of the jury, except officers of court in the discharge
of their duty. Deponent further states that he never at any time
witnessed or knew of any misconduct on the part of any member of the
jury, but states, under oath, that at all times, when in his presence
each member of the jury deported himself as an upright, honorable and
conscientious juror, seeking to faithfully discharge his duty. De-
ponent say no armed spectators in or about the courthouse where the
trial was being conducted, nor did he hear any threats of violence
expressed in or about said courthouse toward the defendant Leo M.Frank.

Deponent states that he witnessed the efforts of spectators
to carry the Solicitor General on their shoulders, referred to in an
affidavit in the possession of the defense, and says that the same
occurred after the verdict of the jury had been read and the jury
polled, and while the Solicitor General was on his way to his office.
No demonstration by spectators on the outside of the courthouse on
either of the last three days of the trial, to-wit, August 22nd, 23rd,
25th, was within the presence or the hearing of the jury, so far as
this deponent knows or believes.

R. B. Deavors makes the following affidavit, deposing
and saying as follows: that he is a deputy sheriff in and for Fulton
County, Georgia, and was on duty during the trial of Leo M. Frank;
that he was present in the courtroom every day during said trial, and
that, with the exception of the applause which took place a few times
in open court and within the hearing of the presiding judge, he knows
of no applause, cheering or demonstration that were heard by the jury
on Monday, August 25, 1913, deponent with C.R. Haber, and W.M. Hunter,
went with the jury to the German Cafe for lunch; deponent says that on
said occasion, as the jury were entering the cafe, deponent heard some
noise as of people hollering, back in the direction of the courthouse,
but could not distinguish any words which were used by the people, did
not know who it was creating the noise, what was said, or what prompted
the same. The jury passed through the cafe, and into the dining room
in the rear of the building, where they lunched with closed doors. No
cheering or applause or other demonstration could be heard after enter-
ing the building. Deponent states further, that so far as he was able

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