Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-22
THE JURY SYSTEM OF GEOR=
GIA ON TRIAL-==A Vital
Cues ton That Interests
Every Man and Affects the
Integrity of the Courts.

There has been projected into the proceedings in the matter
Of motion for trial for Leo NJ Frank question OF the
gavest Importance every and in the State of
Georgia. should be studied carefully and thought
fully deeper the legal points involved the
arguments to be made for new trial for Frank
The adavts published extensively in all the newspapers
court effect that of the jurors in
the Frank had violent prejudice against the
trial therefore disqualified
juror bring that the people everywhere in
State have right discuss for jury system fails
the whole fabric of courts is destroyed.
Frank entitled a trial may safely
be left the wisdom of the judges whose duty is
consider the whole
1t is NOT the duty newspapers express opinions
disputed points of law while the still undecided and
the hands of judges whose fairness unqueoned and whose
knowledge of the law is conceded.
Judges of the future, in the past may be
depended safeguard the interests of those who be-
fore them accused well the interests of the pub
hc and all that is comprehended in the term society
If it be that of the jurors expressed himself
ported he was of course, UNITED TO ACT AS JUROR
and is this point in which the great public interested We
must be that every juror petty capital
honest fearless openmnded willing render verdict
cording to the evidence
Every sitting in the jury box wants to know that the
next to him has the integrity of purpose that he the
honest has, and property holder and
trial for his life wants to know and FEEL SURE the verdict
rendered shall be without Fermentation malice and based
the evidence brought forth and the Interpretation
THE LAW laid down by the honorable Judge.
CONSIDERED IN ITS broadcast SENSE THE WHOLE
JURY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA is NOW ON TRIAL
Leo M Franks guilt innocence is not bound up that
question at all Judge Roam and the higher will decide
justly and earlessy the legal points raised by counsel
decide without regard to anything the law and the
is of time and energy talk seriously
ity of any of institutions and PARTICULARLY THE
IMPREGNABILITY OF OUR COURTS, unless every and
in the community absolutely certain that THE JURY
SYSTEM HAS NOT FAILED anywhere in part
I'm the administration of justice and especially criminal
justice it quite important that justice appear be DONE
that it be done"
This the eloquent summing great urs who spent
years on the bench, and was master of criminal law
The time study great questions of vital Importance
these questions uppermost the public mind and THE
TIME is NOW consider the defects our jury system
future.
Not only this fairness those may
cused but fairness also to those who may not know that
GREAT CRIME great tragedy be committed in the
of THE LAW
And while the words THE LAW may ponderous and
uninteigbe to people there definition simple and
clear that child can understand
What thou would not have done to myself do not to thy
neighbor"
THIS IS THE WHOLE LAW ALL ELSE is CoNIMEN
TARY
It the Golden do unto others as you would have
others do unto YOU
And how many lawbooks have been written,
how thousands be written in the future they will be
merely the definitions foregoing given.
Our Judiciary has apty been described exact
scrupulous and minute And most important that should
be kept
We would be glad readers of this
guarding jurors the future and making the jury system of
State that will not break down anywhere