Wednesday, 30th December 1914: State Prepares To Fight Frank Appeal, The Atlanta Journal

Dorsey and Grice Expected to Go to Washington Soon With First Motion

It is expected that Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey and Attorney General Warren Grice will go to Washington some time within the next week or ten days to make the State's Motion before the United States Supreme Court that the hearing on Leo M. Frank's Appeal be advanced upon the Court's Docket. Under the Rules of the Court, such a Motion is a formal action, and it must be printed and filed with the Court.

A certified transcript of Judge W. T. Newman's decision and opinion in denying Frank's Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, together with the record of the Case so far as it relates to the Federal District Court, have been prepared by Clerk O. C. Fuller and will be filed with the United States Supreme Court.

Solicitor Dorsey was in Rome, Tuesday. He is expected to confer with Attorney General Grice on Wednesday or Thursday when they will prepare their Motion to Advance.

Even with the Frank Appeal advanced on the Supreme Court's Calendar, it will probably not be heard by that Tribunal for thirty or sixty days and may be longer. Both the State's Attorneys and Frank's Counsel will be required to file printed briefs with the Court and both sides must prepare their arguments.