Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1914 — NEW TRIAL DENIED FRANK. [ARTICLE]

NEW TRIAL DENIED FRANK.

Judge Says He Will Sign £ill of Exceptions, Allowing Case to Go to State Supreme Court. Atlanta, Ga., May 6.—Judge Ben H. Hill, of the Fulton county superior court, denied today the extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo M. Franks, the young factory superintendent, under sentence of death here for the murder in April of last year of Mary Phagan, a factory girl. In denying the motion Judge Hili announced that he would sign a bill of exceptions, thus allowing the ruling to be appealed to the state supreme court. Judge Hill’s announcement that he would not sustain Frank’s motion for a new trial came unexpectedly at the close of arguments by the defense. Judge Hill Included in his decision a statement that he would be willing to sign a bill of exceptions in order that the case might be taken to the state supreme court. Attorneys for Frank intimated such would be their Course.