- Collection:
- Leo M. Frank Collections
- Title:
- Frank, Leo M.- Supreme Court of the United States- Appeal - Appellant's Argument
- Creator:
- Alexander, Henry A. (Henry Aaron), 1874-1967
Judd & Detweiler (Inc.), Printers
Marshall, Louis, 1856-1929
Peeples, Henry C. (Henry Cabaniss), 1857-1937 - Date of Original:
- 1914-10
- Subject:
- Trials (Murder)--Georgia--Atlanta
Trials (Murder)
Trials, litigation, etc.
Georgia--Trials, litigation, etc.
Atlanta (Ga.)--Trials, litigation, etc.
Frank, Leo, 1884-1915--Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. Supreme Court
Appellate procedure
Habeas corpus
United States. Constitution. 14th Amendment
Trial transcripts
Intimidation
Jurors
Federal-state controversies
Justice, Administration of - People:
- Frank, Leo, 1884-1915
Alexander, Henry A. (Henry Aaron), 1874-1967
Marshall, Louis, 1856-1929
Peeples, Henry C. (Henry Cabaniss), 1857-1937
Pitney, Mahlon, 1858-1924 - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- books
family papers
reports
legal documents - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Printed, bound transcript of Leo Frank's appeal argument prepared by his lawyers Louis Marshall, Henry C. Peeples, and Henry A. Alexander, Sr., and presented to the United States Supreme Court during its October 1914 term. After multiple failed motions and state appeals, Frank's legal team pursued a writ of habeas corpus in the federal district court. The denial of this writ brought the case to the Supreme Court. Leo Frank's counsel argued that mob intimidation in Frank's Fulton County trial had deprived Frank of his due process rights. On the contrary, Supreme Court Justice Mahlon Pitney, representing the majority on the Court, believed that the Georgia appellate process had rectified any improprieties. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, one of the two justices who dissented from the opinion, condemned Frank's original trial and the intimidation tactics against the Fulton County jury. In this Supreme Court case, the Court frequently referred to the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which oversees state actions related to property. However, the Court showed reluctance to invoke a similar federal supervisory power over state criminal proceedings in Frank's appeal.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/breman_lmfc_breman_lmfc_mss24-11-04
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/breman_lmfc_breman_lmfc_mss24-11-04#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/breman_lmfc_mss24-11-04/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 232 pages; 6 x 9 inches
- Original Collection:
- Henry A. Alexander Sr. Papers, 1812-1998 (Mss 024)
- Holding Institution:
- William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
- Rights:
-
