0075 Page – Leo Frank Georgia Supreme Court Appeals Records, 1913, 1914

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my presence. No man ever grabbed me by the hand at the place
referred to by W. P. Weill in his affidavit, nor did I see or
hear or know anything about any man grabbing a 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 communication
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; no far as I am
personally concerned, 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 anywise, 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 deportment
shows, I believe was rendered from an honest opinion based on the
law and evidence in the case.

Upon considering said motion for new trial, the court rendered a
judgment denying the same and in rendering said judgment, stated
that the Jury had found the defendant guilty and he, the Judge, had
thought about this case more than any other he had ever tried; that
he was not certain of the defendant's guilt as with all the
thought he had put on this case, he was not thoroughly convinced
that Frank was guilty or innocent, but that he did not have to be
convinced; that the Jury was convinced; that there was no room to
doubt that; that he felt it to be his duty to order that the motion
for a new trial be overruled.

To this judgment and decision of the court denying the movant,
Leo M. Frank, a new trial, said Leo M. Frank then and there ex-
cepted, and here and now excepts and assigns and specifies as er-
ror: the failure and refusal of the court to grant a new trial upon
each and every ground, both of the original motion for new trial and
the amendment to the motion for new trial, both said original motion