Tuesday, 13th January 1914: Supreme Court Delays Decision In Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal

Ruling on Appeal

May Not Be Handed Down

Until

Middle of February

Indications now are that the decision of the state supreme court on the appeal of Leo M. Frank will not be handed down until about the middle of February.

It has been expected this decision would be reached and rendered at the present banc of the court which began Monday, but Chief Justice Fish has found it necessary to be absent in Florida with Mrs. Fish, who is not in the best of health, and he will not return to Atlanta until the latter part of the week.

It is understood the decision is only partly written and that the justices are now so busy with other cases they will not have time to complete the document and go into consultation on it during the present term.

Then, too, it is believed the Frank case is one of such importance that the justices will find it desirable to delay consultation on it until every member of the court can be present.

The next banc of the court begins Monday, February 9, and under the usual order of things cases not decided at the present banc will go over until that term.

However, the court has been known to hold extra sessions on special cases and it may decide to do so on the Frank case.

Thus it is possible for a decision to be reached and published at any time, but this is not likely to occur.