Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case.
Atlanta Georgian
August 13th, 1913
With Judge, Jury and Councillors Performing Duty Well, Square Deal Is Assured.
By Jas B. Nevin.
In considering the Frank trial, particularly with respect to the length of it, and the thoroughgoing exhaustiveness of the hearing, it must be borne in mind that the establishing of justice is the main object of both sides, and that, therefore, patience and poise are absolutely necessary in those who would be fair—fair not only to Frank, but to the State also.
With the average citizen, the home-loving and upright citizen, the Frank trial should be largely an abstract proposition.
As Frank Hooper himself has said, State’s counsel that he is:
“It is not so much a question of convicting Leo Frank, as it is a question of convicting the murderer of Mary Phagan.”
The Solicitor General, Hugh M. Dorsey, is entitled to full and complete praise for the careful and painstaking labor he has put into the case.
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