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A visit from Tokyo Geidai, Tokyo University of the Arts
The Purcell School has been privileged today to host a group of visitors from Tokyo. The delegation was led by Professor Kazuki Sawa, a distinguished violinist, and Principal of the Tokyo University of the Arts. The university has strong links with the Royal Academy of Music here in London and The Purcell School is keen to forge links with the school which feeds the university. Plans are already underway for a visit from the school next September which will see a collaboration between their orchestra and The Purcell School's orchestra. Headmaster Stephen Yeo says ' we are excited at the possibility of building musical and cultural links with Japan which will be to the mutual benefit of both UK and Japanese students'.
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THIS week we continue looking at and celebrating indigenous players in the small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) that are enjoying brisk business despite the prevailing economic challenges.
Through sheer hard work, innovation and a never-say-die attitude, these players are fast establishing themselves as leading players in their respective sectors.
We take a look at Steelmate which has formalised its operations and is fast becoming the preferred supplier of a wide range of steel products.
Information gleaned from the company's facebook account proudly states that the company: "Housed in the heart of Magaba home industry in Mbare, a stone's throw from the CBD, Steelmate (has become) a force to reckon with in the Zimbabwean steel market.
Not only does the company push products off its shelves just for profit, but also ensures that its customers get the right and best materials.
"Apart from selling steel products, we also offer advice to our clients on what material to buy so that they purchase the proper products that suit their diverse needs," says the firm.
"All our valued customers can bring their bending schedules to our premises in Mbare where we will assist them with free sound construction expertise on the material they need." Clients are also guaranteed convenience during shopping.
Steelmate, owned by Clive Chisenye, offers deformed reinforcement bars, round bars, mesh wire, round tubes, rectangular tubes, roofing sheets, CR sheets, HR sheets, angle irons of all sizes, aluminum checker plates, tying wire, straps, flat tubes, square tubes.
According to the magazine, Steelmate is now a force to reckon with in the Zimbabwean steel retail market. Chisenye, it is said, made a sacrifice by selling some of his trucks from his haulage company, used personal savings and also got a small loan which was a risk he was willing to take to succeed in his newly-formed business.
"I am not a skilled welder or steel man," Chisenye is quoted as saying.
The Steelmate founder said lack of business management skills and abuse of funds were the reasons most enterprises were folding.
"Business management skills are necessary," he said.
"Some of the entrepreneurs are challenged in communicating in English and subjected to inferiority complex situations when dealing with the market.
"It is one thing to make money and a different thing to use it." Chisenye called on the Ministry of SMEs and Co-operative Development to increase SMEs training to ensure those who had access to opportunities thrived and did not fail as a result of poor management.
"Entrepreneurs and their employees must also observe good corporate governance and business ethics," he said.
"There is also need to equip entrepreneurs with public relations skills as most of them exhibited traces of rude treatment of customers, forgetting that the customer feeds the business and that they also need to be honest and fair in their dealings to achieve success." The company, he said, was in the process of seeking cheaper raw materials to increase market competitiveness.
"We need to find strategic sources of raw materials for products at affordable prices so that we don't over-price products and become more competitive against stiff competition from Chinese entrepreneurs whose products are always cheaper," said the fast rising entrepreneur.


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Afghan War Commander Recalled to Washington Over Rolling Stone Interview (Updated)
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General Stanley McChrystal, commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, along with aides in an upcoming Rolling Stone profile blasts senior Obama administration officials, like Vice President Joe Biden: "Biden? Did you say: Bite me?" Update: Story is online.
The article, "Runaway General," written by former Gawker guest editor Michael Hastings (aka K. Eric Walters) will be out on Friday, but was sent to reporters yesterday. In it, according to the New York Times, one of McChrystal's aides calls National Security Advisor Jim Jones a "clown," and after getting an email from senior diplomat Richard Holbrooke, the general says "Oh, not another e-mail from Holbrooke. I don't even want to read it." An advisor goes on about Holbrooke, "The Boss says he's like a wounded animal. Holbrooke keeps hearing rumors that he's going to get fired, so that makes him dangerous." A great New Yorker profile of Holbrooke can be read here. As for Jim Jones, the linebacker-esque former Commandant of the Marine Corps, well, my money would be on him in a fight with McChrystal and probably all of his aides any day.
General McChrystal also goes after the US ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry. Last year, secret cables were released in which Eikenberry questioned why the US was trusting corrupt scumbag Afghan president Hamid Karzai and the whether the overall US strategy in Afghanistan was flawed, which infuriated McChrystal, who told Rolling Stone, "Here's one that covers his flank for the history books. Now if we fail, they can say, 'I told you so.'" McChrystal also said he was "disappointed" in President Obama.
Today, General McChrystal released a statement, saying, "I extend my sincerest apology for this profile. Throughout my career, I have lived by the principles of personal honour and professional integrity. What is reflected in this article falls far short of that standard." He was recalled to Washington today. After this profile of Admiral William "Fox" Fallon in Esquire, why McChrytal thought speaking so candidly with a Rolling Stone reporter was a good idea is pretty baffling.
In other war news, US taxpayers are paying protection money to Afghan warlords.
Update: Rolling Stone has put the entire story up on its website.
(thanks to Peter Feld for the Hastings/ed tip)

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I was very pleasantly surprised when I was having a look at the website. I've bought quite a lot of homeware from Next in the past - although most the time we've had Christmas/Birthday vouchers to spend. The pricing of Next homeware is extremely reasonable and well worth the money for the quality you get.
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"If these candidates win, I'm absolutely confident that Washington will start working better!"
Obama, who is going on the campaign trail Saturday in California, touted the crop of Democratic candidates running for office in November and highlighted women who have stepped up to run on the Democratic side. "The stakes really are higher".
"It shouldn't be Democratic or Republican to say we don't target certain groups of people based on what they look like or how they pray. Not follow them. We're supposed to stand up to discrimination, and we're sure as heck supposed to stand up clearly and unequivocally to Nazi sympathizers", Obama said, in comments Pirro slammed as "a full-throttle savage attack on the president".
Obama said what's happening in American politics is not "conservative". But the good news is in two months, we have a chance to restore some sanity in our politics.
Earlier this week, an unnamed White House official penned a New York Times opinion piece, claiming the president's worst impulses were tempered by "adults in the room", who ensured he did not act to the detriment of the USA on issues such as foreign policy. In the other Orange County race, Gil Cisneros, a Democratic philanthropist and Navy veteran, is vying for an open seat created by retiring Republican Ed Royce.
Katie Hill, Obama's communications director, said Obama hopes to use his standing across the country to help elect Democrats up and down the ballot.
Former President Barack Obama is calling on people to vote in the November election, saying "our democracy depends on it". "We're supposed to stand up to bullies". To all the young people who are here today, there are now more eligible voters in your generation than in any other, which means your generation now has more power than anybody to change things. He's expected to hold a rally with OH gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray Thursday, and with seven Democratic House candidates in California Saturday.
Obama's speech came as he accepted the university's Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government.
Obama's campaign activity will continue through October and will include fundraising appearances, according to an adviser. Pirro said. "How dare you!"


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Mahershala Ali to Star in Onyx Collective Limited Series 'The Plot'
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Onyx Collective on Hulu has ordered "The Plot," a limited series from Endeavor Content with Mahershala Ali attached as executive producer and star. Abby Ajayi will adapt the eight-episode series from Jean Hanff Korelitz's novel of the same name.
Ali plays Jake, a struggling author who is primed to take advantage of any opportunity that might help revive his career. When a once in a lifetime opportunity presents itself, Jake commits an act of literary theft that changes his life. "The Plot" follows Jake's attempts to protect himself and the life he's built as he's threatened by someone who knows his secret.
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"I was captivated with Hanff Korelitz's book, 'The Plot' and Abby's distinct point of view reinvents the story in a way that spoke to me and our mission at Onyx Collective, said Tara Duncan, president of Freeform and Onyx Collective. "There are so many interesting angles and nuances, that having the creative genius that is Mahershala Ali at the center of this mystery, is just a dream. Kristen and Layne have done a phenomenal job bringing this team together and I could not be more proud to work alongside them and Endeavor Content to bring this incredible series to our global audience."
"Hollywood is still not greenlighting enough projects with multidimensional Black characters, stories that simply focus on our humanity. The rarity of a straight-to-series order, especially for BIPOC projects, is not lost on us," said Valdés. "We are beyond humbled to work with such an amazing team of collaborators to bring this incredible book to life."
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1488 – Sir Richard Edgecombe is sent to Ireland with power to grant pardons; he lands at Kinsale on this date.
1782 – The Relief Act gives Catholics rights concerning their education.
1798 – United Irishmen Rebellion: Northern column remains in camp at Croghan.
1824 – Birth of Robert Nugent in Kilkeel, Co Down who would go on to become a decorated Brigadier General in the Union forces during the American Civil War.
1846 – Irish statesman, Charles Stewart Parnell, is born in Avondale, Co Wicklow.
1864 – Charles Joly, astronomer, is born in Tullamore, Co Offaly.
1870 – Eibhlín Bean Uí Choisdeailbh, Irish language folk-song collector is born.
1918 – Birth of Marie Kean in Dublin. She was an actress of stage and screen whose career spanned over 40 years. Kean's leading role as the kindly matriarch, Mrs. Kennedy, in the RTÉ serial drama, The Kennedys of Castleross, made her famous throughout Ireland. She starred in the programme for the duration of its 18-year run.
1922 – The Four Courts garrison kidnaps Free State General J.J. O'Connell in retaliation for the arrest of Leo Henderson I/C Belfast Boycott. Collins gives a final ultimatum to the Four Courts garrison to surrender before they are attacked.
1951 – Birth of Mary Patricia McAleese in Belfast. She was the eighth President of Ireland; prior to becoming President she was a barrister, journalist and academic.
1970 – Following the arrest of Bernadette Devlin, intense riots erupted in Derry and Belfast. During the evening, loyalist paramilitaries made incursions into republican areas of Belfast. This led to a prolonged gun battle between republicans and loyalists. Seven people were killed.
1987 – U2 returns to Dublin's Croke Park for the first time in two years.
2001 – The golden eagle lands in Ireland for the first time in nearly a century. Six chicks of the bird-of-prey arrive in Co Donegal from the Scottish Highlands at the start of a programme to re-introduce a species that became extinct in 1912.
2000 – More than 2,000 troops are flown into the north of Ireland to reinforce security ahead of the marching season.
2001 – Passing of former Labour deputy Michael Moynihan. The 84-year-old was a TD for Kerry South during the 1980s and early 1990s. He also served as a Minister of State at the Department of Trade, Commerce and Tourism.
2005 – Death of Frank Harte. He was a traditional Irish singer, song collector, architect and lecturer. He was born and raised in Dublin. His father who had moved from a farming background in Sligo owned 'The Tap' pub in Chapelizod.
2007 – Ireland elects its first black mayor; a Nigerian man who came to Ireland in 2000 to seek asylum. Forty-three-year-old Councillor Rotimi Adebari is elected the Mayor of Portlaoise Town Council by a vote of six to three and with the support of Fine Gael, Sinn Féin and Independent members of the council. At a meeting attended by officials from the Nigerian, South African and the United States embassies, the new mayor is quoted as saying his election was proof that "Ireland is not just a country of a thousand welcomes, but it is a country of equal opportunity."
2009 – It was announced that the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and Red Hand Commando (RHC) had decommissioned their weapons.
2012 – Queen Elizabeth II shook hands with Sinn Féin MLA and former IRA commander Martin McGuinness.
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1996 – Journalist, Veronica Guerin is murdered in Dublin by drug lords.


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Map of South America, showing its Political Divisions.
1867 (dated) 14 x 11 in (35.56 x 27.94 cm)
A beautiful example of the legendary American map publisher Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr.'s 1867 map of South America. Depicting the whole continent from Panama to Cape Horn, it includes the Falkland and South Georgia island groups. Mitchell offers limmited but surprisingly accurate detail of the interior of Brazil and the Amazon Basin. An inset map in the lower right quadrant depicts the Isthmus of Panama entitled 'Map Showing the Proposed Atrato-Inter-Oceanic Canal Routes, for Connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.' Work on the Panama Canal would begin in 1880 and be completed in 1914. This map also identifies various cities, towns, rivers and an assortment of additional topographical details. Map is color coded according to political boundaries with elevation rendered by hachure. One of the more attractive American atlas maps of this region to appear in the mid-19th century. Features the vine motif border typical of Mitchell maps from the 1866 - 1882 period. Prepared by S.A. Mitchell for inclusion as plate no. 59 in the 1867 issue of Mitchell's New General Atlas. Dated and copyrighted, 'entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1867 by S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the eastern District of Pennsylvania.'
Samuel Augustus Mitchell (March 20, 1792 - December 20, 1868) began his map publishing career in the early 1830s. Having worked as a school teacher, Mitchell was frustrated with the low quality and inaccuracy of school texts of the period. His first maps were an attempt to rectify this problem. In the next 20 years Mitchell would become the most prominent American map publisher of the mid-19th century. Mitchell worked with prominent engravers J. H. Young, H. S. Tanner, and H. N. Burroughs before attaining the full copyright on his maps in 1847. In 1849 Mitchell either partnered with or sold his plates to Thomas, Cowperthwait and Company who continued to publish the Mitchell's Universal Atlas. By about 1856 most of the Mitchell plates and copyrights were acquired by Charles Desilver who continued to publish the maps, many with modified borders and color schemes, until Mitchell's son, Samuel Augustus Mitchell Junior, entered the picture. In 1859, S.A. Mitchell Jr. purchased most of the plates back from Desilver and introduced his own floral motif border. From 1860 on, he published his own editions of the New General Atlas. The younger Mitchell became as prominent as his father, publishing maps and atlases until 1887, when most of the copyrights were again sold and the Mitchell firm closed its doors for the final time. Learn More...
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Q: Adding a WPF UserControl programmatically has no style I'm trying to create a button-like UserControl which consists of a border and a label. When adding this UserControl directly in the XAML of MainWindow, it renders correctly (it is put in a WrapPanel), but if I add it programmatically it doesn't look the same at all. There is no border, no background color, the text size of the label is wrong and so is the text color.
This is my user control:
<UserControl x:Class="Jishi.SonosPartyMode.UserControls.Player"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
             xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
             mc:Ignorable="d"
             d:DesignHeight="150" d:DesignWidth="300"
             Width="200"
             Height="100">
    <Border BorderBrush="#086EAA" CornerRadius="8,8,8,8"  BorderThickness="4" Margin="15" Padding="15px" VerticalAlignment="Center" Background="#0A4069">
        <Label Name="PlayerName" TextElement.Foreground="White" TextElement.FontSize="20px">asdasdasd</Label>
    </Border>
</UserControl>

when adding it, I just invoke it like this:
var button = new Player { Content = player.Properties.RoomName, DataContext = player.Properties.UDN };
PlayerList.Children.Add( button );

PlayerList is the actual WrapPanel and Player is my UserControl. I have tried finding information regarding this, but I don't find anything. If you have another approach that I can take, please come with suggestions. All I want is a clickable area with some rounded corners that can contain text (one or more rows).
I can apply styles programatically, but the styles defined in the xaml for the UserControl isn't preserved (Border, Margins, colors etc).

A: First of all, you don't need to create a custom control for this, you can easily do
var button = new Border { *border properties*, Content = new Lable {Content="dfsdfsdfsd"}};

And if you use PlayerList.Children.Add( button ); then it adds to the end of Wrappanel and in XAML code you add it not as the last element (maybe)..
And the last idea is that you lost some properties that you added in XAML when test it (like aligment, margin, etc.)
Hope this helps.

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Virginia's parole board has for the 14th time denied parole to Jens Soering, according to his attorney, leaving the former University of Virginia student to continue serving two consecutive life sentences for a 1985 Bedford County double-murder.
Soering, 52, the son of a former German diplomat, was convicted of killing of Derek and Nancy Haysom, who were found dead in their Lynchburg-area home with their throats cut ear-to-ear and their bodies mutilated by multiple knife wounds.
Soering has filed pleas for a pardon with the Virginia governor's office and sought parole more than a dozen times. All efforts have been denied.
"On behalf of Jens Soering and the many supporters working to secure his freedom from prison, I want to express my extreme disappointment at the recent decision by Virginia's parole board to deny him parole," said Steven D. Rosenfield, the Batesville attorney who has helped with the effort.
"The [parole board] defines its mission as to 'grant parole to those offenders whose release is compatible with public safety.' It is difficult to imagine a better candidate for parole than Jens Soering," Rosenfield said.
Rosenfield said Soering has a "solid release plan" in which he would live and work in his native Germany and that his release is supported by the German Embassy and Chancellor Angela Merkel.
By Soering's count, posted on his website, he will have spent 32 years, 9 months and 3 days in prison by Thursday morning. Rosenfield said Soering's prison history is clear of trouble and his list of accomplishments while imprisoned is significant.
"During his almost 33 years in prison, Jens has compiled an outstanding record, with not a single disciplinary infraction and scores of accomplishments, including the publication of 10 books written from his prison cell," Rosenfield said.
Elizabeth Haysom was found guilty of being an accessory in the killing of her parents while Soering, her boyfriend at the time, was convicted of both murders. Soering and Haysom were both UVa honors students at the time of the killings.
Haysom was sentenced to 90 years but will receive mandatory parole in 2032, when she is 68. Both were convicted prior to Virginia's elimination of parole.
Soering has maintained his innocence during and after his trial. He's said the several confessions he made to the crime were made to cover for Haysom.
Within the past two years, Soering's innocence claims have received backing by current and former law enforcement officials, including a retired FBI agent and Albemarle County Sheriff J.E. "Chip" Harding.
Harding was unavailable Wednesday for comment on the case, but Rosenfield said the sheriff and retired federal agent Stanley Lapekas have found evidence questioning Soering's conviction.


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Conley's Whole Testimony Will Be Allowed to Stay in Record of Frank Case
State Ready With Corroborating Witnesses, if Evidence Is Held to Be Admissible—Jim Conley Adds New and Sensational Feature to His Testimony, Declaring He Saw Frank Place Mary Phagan's Pocketbook in the Factory Safe
SOLICITOR DORSEY APPLAUDED IN COURT WHEN SUSTAINED BY RECORDS AFTER DISPUTE WITH ROSSER
Those Responsible for Applause Were Immediately Ejected From the Court Room—Dr. H. F. Harris Expected to Resume Stand During Afternoon—State Will Furnish Presentation of Its Case by Thursday but Hardly Before
Judge L. S. Roan, presiding at the trial of Leo M. Frank, superintendent of the National Pencil factory, who is on trial charged with the murder of Mary Phagan, Wednesday afternoon reversed himself in his ruling made Tuesday striking out portions of Jim Conley's testimony. The judge made his ruling Tuesday but withheld announcing it to the jury until Wednesday. His reversal means that Conley's testimony that he acted in the capacity of a "lookout" for the accused superintendent on days prior to the day of the tragedy, and also his testimony accusing Frank of perversion remains in the testimony. It also means that Solicitor Dorsey will be allowed to present evidence corroborating the negro sweeper as to Frank's attitude toward him and his conduct to the negro's presence.
CONLEY ADDS NEW SENSATION.
Jim Conley, who left the witness stand at 11:10, after sixteen hours of direct and cross examination, added sensational feature to his testimony Wednesday by the declaration that he saw Frank take the mesh bag or pocket book carried by Mary Phagan from the desk in his office and placed it in the safe. So far as the public knows the mesh bag has never been found.
Over the protest of the attorneys for the defense, Solicitor Dorsey managed to get before the jury that Frank had refused to face his accuser, Jim Conley, when the detectives sought to arrange an interview at the tower.
For the first time since the trial has been in progress applause broke out in the court room when Solicitor Dorsey after a dispute with counsel for the defense over testimony given by Detective Scott, was sustained by the reading of the court stenographic notes. Dorsey had contended that Scott testified that Frank told him on April 28th about Mrs. White's having seen a negro near the foot of the stairs on the day of the tragedy. Although the defendant had given this information to the Pinkerton detectives on April 28 declared the solicitor, it was May 7 before the state's detectives knew about it. When the stenographer's report of Scott's testimony was read, sustaining the solicitor, applause broke forth in several parts of the court room at once. Those responsible for it were immediately ejected by the deputie [sic].
Dr. H. F. Harris is expected to take the stand Wednesday afternoon and finish his testimony. He will probably be under cross-examination for an hour or more. The state expects to finish the presentation of its case Thursday.
LARGE CROWD PRESENT.
Hardly half of the crowd that was waiting in the long line when the court room doors were opened Wednesday morning, could gain admittance, the limited seating capacity being filled at once.
Leo M. Frank, the accused, breakfasted with his wife and mother in an anteroom of the court. It was stated that the defendant had slept well overnight.
All was ready for court to convene several minutes in advance of 9 o'clock, the scheduled hour.
Before the jury entered, Mr. Rosser told the court that both sides had come prepared to discuss the question of ruling out certain portions of Conley's testimony. Judge Roan stated that he would hear that discussion at 2 o'clock. He did not care to hear it at the morning session.
"Your honor, we have some witnesses whom we want to put on the stand following Conley," objected the solicitor.
Attorneys interpreted Judge Roan's remarks on this to be that he would allow the corroborative testimony to proceed if it was at hand, and then would announce later his ruling on its admissibility after he had heard arguments at 2 o'clock.
CONLEY RESUMES STAND.
The jury was called in and the cross-examination of James Conley, the negro accuser of Frank, resumed with Mr. Rosser conducting it.
Attorney Rosser made a demand on Solicitor Dorsey for the original of Conley's second affidavit. The solicitor was unable to furnish the original. Chief Lanford never had given it to him, he said, and he doubted the existence of a signed statement. Detective Starnes said he didn't think Conley signed that affidavit, although it was taken in the negro's words by a shorthand reporter.
Attorney Rosser read from an unsigned copy of the original statement, with the permission of the solicitor. Both sides finally agreeing that this copy should be taken as the original. This statement was made by Conley to the police on May 26.
In it Conley said he arose between 9 and 9:30 o'clock on the day of the murder. He remembered the time because after he got up he went outside to get some water and looked at the clock on the Atlanta university. The affidavit continued, "This is my second and last statement. In my first statement I said I wrote the notes on Friday so I wouldn't be connected with the murder. I thought that if I said I went there Saturday they would accuse me of knowing about the murder." The affidavit recited Conley's alleged actions that day, which Conley since on the stand has admitted to be wrong recital.
The affidavit did not go into as much detail as Conley's testimony contradicted it in a number of details. Conley himself admitting that he lied. In it he said he bought six beers at various saloons on Peters street on his way to the Capital City laundry; that on his way to the laundry he met Frank at the corner of Nelson and Forsyth streets, and Frank told him to wait until he went to Montag Brothers and then he would go to the factory with him.
Conley's affidavit continued that he waited and then accompanied Frank to the factory. The statement continued to name the various people who entered and left the factory, telling virtually the same story as he does now on the witness stand. The statement told of writing the notes at Frank's dictation, but said nothing about knowing of the actual murder or having helped to conceal the body.
ANOTHER AFFIDAVIT.
Mr. Rosser picked up another affidavit made the following day by Conley, and read that. This document represented the negro as adding to his previous story statements about assisting in the disposal of the body. The story was principally the same as told on the witness stand, but varied in a number of details.
For instance, he said that Frank told him he picked up a girl and let her fall, instead of that Frank told him he had struck a girl too hard, as the negro testified Monday. Another discrepancy was that the negro said he was carrying the girl on his shoulder instead of that she was hanging about his knee in the bagging and that he dropped her deliberately, in order to get Frank to help him.
He ended this affidavit by saying that he had thought Frank was going to get out and help him, but that he then believed Frank was not going to help him and that he had decided to tell the whole truth.
The negro said on the stand, Wednesday, after the statement had been read, that he remembered making it and that it was his statement; that he could not remember its date or its sequence.
"W[a]s this the last statement that they put in writing, Jim?" asked Mr. Rosser.
"I don't know," answered Conley. "I think they were all put in writing except some things that I told the detectives."
Mr. Rosser resumed his cross-examining of the negro.
"On Thursday, May 1, while you were working by Miss Rebecca Carson, didn't […]
SOLICITOR DORSEY IS APPLAUDED WHEN COURT SUSTAINS HIM
[…] she say, 'they haven't got you yet, Jim?' and didn't you say 'No, I haven't done anything?' And didn't she say, 'No, neither has Mr. Frank?' and didn't you say, 'No, I know Mr. Frank is jut as innocent as you are?'"
DENIES ADMISSIONS.
Conley said that he did not remember the conversation.
"And didn't she say, 'When they find the murderer, it will be that negro who was sitting by the elevator when Mrs. White went up?' And then didn't you duck your head and leave right quick?"
"No, sir," said the negro.
"Jim, when you were working by Miss Mary, [large section of text illegible]
[…] evidence about this negro having been arrested at all at any time?"
Mr. Rosser remarked something sottovoce to the solicitor.
"I thought so," said Mr. Dorsey, and proceeded.
"Well, Jim, when was the first time you were arrested?"
"When I was a small boy."
FORMER ARRESTS.
"Throwing rocks."
"What were you arrested for the next time?"
"Fighting with some colored boys."
"The next time?"
"I was charged with drinking and disorderly conduct."
"Fighting with another colored fellow."
"Did you ever fight with a white man, Jim?"
"No, sir."
"Well, what was the cause for these other arrests?"
"Fighting and drinking and disorderly."
"Were you ever in the county jail before this Frank affair came up?"
"When was it you were put in the county jail?"
"I don't remember."
"Was it before or after you went through the factory and showed how you carried the body?"
"I don't remember that."
"Well, while you were in jail, did you try to see Mr. Frank?"
Mr. Rosser objected. The question said he, was leading and immaterial. Judge Roan held that it was leading, but not immaterial. Mr. Dorsey changed its form.
The negro said that the detectives wanted him to see Frank, but couldn't get him to him. The answer was ruled out.
"When was the last time you saw Frank?"
"That Thursday when he came over to the station house, going up in court."
"Was that before or after you had talked?"
"What did he do?"
NEARLY FELL FROM STAND.
"As he passed by my cell, he just looked and bowed and smiled."
The solicitor had the negro point out on the di[a]gram the washstand near the office. As the negro was moving his chair, he nearly fell off the witness stand. The solicitor had him point out also the desks in the office where he claims to have sat and where he says Frank sat when they wrote the notes.
The solicitor asked him to describe Frank's manner while the notes were being written. He said Frank was "trembling and nervous, and rubbing his hands together." The negro squirmed in his seat to illustrate how Frank was nervous. "What did Frank do about a pencil?" asked the solicitor.
"He took the pencil and showed me how to rub out a letter."
"What letter on what word?"
"The 's' on negroes."
The negro declared that a person could sit at Frank's desk and look at the stairway leading to the third floor.
The solicitor had him point out on the diagram the place where he claims Frank talked to him on the fourth floor Friday. The negro pointed on the diagram also to the spot where he claims Frank spoke to him Tuesday after the crime and told him to be a good boy.
"How far from the water cooler was it that you dropped the body?" asked the solicitor.
"I don't know, sir, but it was between the dressing room and the water cooler."
FRANK HAD POCKETBOOK?
"Did you ever see Mary Phagan's pocketbook after you came from the basement?"
"Yes, sir, it was on Mr. Frank's desk."
"What became of it?"
"I saw Mr. Frank put it in his safe."
"How long had you been in jail before you wrote for the detectives?"
"Ten or fifteen days."
"After Frank called you and you went back toward the body, did he have time to go down and lock the inner doors before you spoke to him again?"
Answering a question, the negro showed on the diagram where he claims to have been standing when he looked at the clock and saw that the hour was 4 minutes to 1.
The solicitor asked him to describe the character of the screams he heard.
The question was ruled out by the court.
"Who has talked to you longer—Black, Scott, Campbell, myself, or Mr. Rosser here?"
The court held that he could not draw a comparison between conversations inside and outside the court room.
"What is the longest time that all of the detectives and the state's lawyers have talked to you?"
The negro said that he didn't remember, but that once Mr. Scott started talking to him at a quarter to 11 and was not through until dark.
HOW HE LEFT BODY.
"How many sacks were around there where you got that cloth that you wrapped the body up in, or like that gunny sack?" The solicitor pointed to a gunny sack near the witness stand.
"There was some there. I don't know how many."
"Now, Jim, was moving this body a hard job?"
"It was pretty hard for me."
"Show on this diagram where Frank was when he held up his hands and said 'sh-h-h!"
Conley pointed out to the head of the stairs on the second floor.
"Tell the jury in what position you left the body in the basement."
Conley got down from the chair and lay on the floor in front of the jury. He lay on the left side, with his left arm extended under his body and his right arm almost parallel with his body. His head touched the floor. Conley then illustrated the direction of the head and feet. Illustrating his testimony of Monday on this point.
The solicitor picked up the photograph of the scene which he exhibited to the negro Monday without securing the negro's identification of it.
"Do you recognize this now?"
"Yes, sir, that's where we left the body."
Attorney Rosser jumped to his feet. "So you know what it is now, do you?" he demanded. "How did you find out?"
"Well, I must have looked at it good. I see it now."
"Now tell the jury in detail what you did after you looked at the clock at 4 minutes to 1," directed the solicitor.
ROSSER OBJECTS TO DETAIL.
Attorney Rosser objected on the ground that the detail had been gone into fully. Solicitor Dorsey, addressing the court, contended that he should be allowed to ask the witness questions about this.
"Mr. Rosser," said he, "has asked minutely about the actions of the witness after 4 minutes to 1. This was for the purpose of drawing certain inferences for the purpose of a final argument to the jury. I want the witness to tell this so the jury will understand the matter. Mr. Rosser has drawn his deductions, or has extracted statements from the witness according to his deductions. Now I do not believe it is any more than fair for us to question him along the line of our deductions."
Attorney Rosser: "I want to know a single instance where we have laid any foundations for inference. There ought to be some decency about this rule."
Judge Roan sustained Mr. Rosser.
"Where did Frank wash his hands?"
Conley pointed to the sink indicated on the diagram, behind the elevator on the second floor.
"When did he wash there?"
"I don't know when, except that he washed there when he came back up from the basement."
Solicitor Dorsey picked up the notes found beside the body of Mary Phagan and asked Conley, "Did you write on any other color of paper than this, when you wrote those notes that day?"
"No, sir, no other." said the negro.
"Where do they use this kind of paper, Jim?"
PROMISED CONLEY A TRIP.
"I don't know—I know he had some of it on his desk."
"You said something about green paper, yesterday, didn't you, Jim? Did you write on any green paper?"
"No, sir, the tablet was green."
"What was said by Frank about you going to Brooklyn?"
"He didn't say nothing about my going to Brooklyn. He said if I got caught he would get me out on bond and send me away from here."
"Did you ever have any conversation with this W. H. Mincey?"
"Only one time at the station house, when Mr. Black and some other detective brought him down there."
"Is that the only time you ever saw him?"
"The only time in my life."
CONLEY RECOGNIZES REPORTERS.
"The night you were put in jail, what did you say to these newspaper men?"
Attorney Rosser objected to the question. The solicitor would have to point out the newspaper men, said he.
The solicitor pointed out Harlles Branch and H. W. Ross, Journal reporters, and asked, "What did you say to these two?"
There was objection. The enforcement of the rule was asked by the defense, and the two newspaper men were sent out of court for a moment.
"What did they offer you?" asked the solicitor. […]
LAWYERS CLASH IN BIG BATTLE OVER TESTIMONY OF JIM CONLEY
"Well, those two there didn't offer me anything."
"What did these two newspaper men talk to you about?"
"I disremember," said the negro. "We stood at the door and talked."
"Did they offer you anything?"
Mr. Rosser objected on the ground that the negro already had said he did not remember anything and that the question was leading. Judge Roan sustained Mr. Rosser.
"During Monday and Tuesday at the factory, were you nervous?"
Mr. Rosser objected, Judge Roan sustained him.
WHAT HE SAID TO SCHIFF.
"What did you say to Schiff the day the factory closed down?"
"Well," said the negro, "somebody said something about the crowd out in front of the factory after the whistle had blow and I went and looked out of the window and came back into the shipping room and said, "There sure is a crowd." And somebody said, "I wish I had brought my pistol." And I lo[o]ked up and laughed and said, "I wish I was a white man. I'd go out." Mr. Schiff says, "I don't see why you want to be a white man. They've got Mr. Frank locked up."
The negro explained that there were a number of people in the room and that he was not hiding.
"Who could have heard this?" asked Mr. Dorsey.
"Mr. Darley and Mr. Schiff and Mr. Wade Campbell and the negro that worked there."
"Did Darley and Schiff know that you would write?"
The question was ruled out on objection by Mr. Rosser.
"Do you know how to write the word 'luxury,' the name of a brand of pencil?"
Mr. Rosser objected, but the question was allowed.
"Yes, sir." He had to write on papers and bring them to Frank. He had to do a good deal of writing, and Mr. Frank furnished him with a pad, he said.
ROSSER AGAIN TAKES HIM.
Mr. Rosser cross-examined the negro again.
"Why didn't you tell Black and Scott about the mesh bag?"
"I don't think they asked me."
"When did you first tell any detective about it?"
"Did you tell any detectives before you went to jail?"
The negro said he didn't know.
"Why didn't you tell Black and Scott that Frank said he would get you out on bond and get you away if you kept your mouth shut?"
"I did tell them," said Conley. He couldn't remember when.
"You didn't see the handkerchief, did you?"
"I don't think I did."
"Didn't you tell the detectives anything about it?"
FRANK PUT PURSE IN SAFE.
"Did you see Mr. Frank put the bag on the safe and lock the safe?"
"I didn't see him turn the knob. He shut the door."
"Did you ever tell Mr. Dorsey about this?"
"Yes, sir. I told him a long time ago, after I left the jail."
"Mr. Dorsey went to see you seven times, four at the station house and three at his office. How long did he stay at any one time?"
The negro couldn't remember, but said that some times at the office he had to wait a long time before Mr. Dorsey could talk to him.
"Did he write down what you were saying?"
The negro said he couldn't remember distinctly, but once there was another man in the office writing. Mr. Dorsey wrote down things when he talked to him at the station house.
"Didn't the detectives give you long sittings on the May 27, 28, 29 and 31? And didn't Dorsey have you for more than four hours on the 31st?"
"He had me until after dark. I don't know how long it was."
"And Dorsey had you again on June 5 and 6; Starnes on June 5 and 6; Starnes on June 15; Campbell on June 26; Dorsey, Campbell and Starnes on July 3; Dorsey and Hooper on July 12; Starnes and Campbell on July 16?"
Conley said he talked to these people at various times but could not recall the dates.
"How long did you look after the pencil boxes at the factory?"
"More than a year."
"All those boxes had names on them, didn't they, showing what kind of pencils were put up in them?"
WOULDN'T KNOW LUXURY.
"You had one box named 'Luxury,' didn't you?"
"Would you know luxury if you saw it?"
"You've been writing this and furnishing the writing to Mr. Frank for a whole year, haven't you? You said he knew you could write?"
Mr. Rosser had the negro recount the various brands on the boxes.
"Could you write plain, Jim?"
"I don't know, sir."
"Well, how did you write those lists?"
"I did my best."
"You say one of the boxes was labeled 'Uncle Remus?'"
SPELLING BEE.
"Spell 'Uncle Remus.'"
"O-n-e r-i-m-e-s," spelled the negro.
"Now spell luxury for the jury. Spell it like you wrote it on the lists."
"L-u-s-t-r-i-s," spelled the negro, verbally.
"You sent those lists to Frank that way?"
"How did he make out what you meant?"
"He had some trouble with the first ones, but he learned how I wrote the different names."
"He called your attention to the way you misspel[l]ed 'luxury,' didn't he?"
"You say you've got a box there named 'Thomas Jefferson.' Spell 'Thomas Jefferson' for the jury."
"I always spelled it "T-o-m J-e-i-ff,'" said the negro.
"You've got another brand named 'George Washington.' Spell 'George Washington'.
"J-o-e W-i-s-h-t-o-n," spelled the negro, verbally.
"In addition to these lists, you have written orders for Mr. Frank to take money out of your wages when you borrowed it, haven't you?"
"I wrote the notes to borrow the money. I didn't say anything about taking it out of my wages."
"You wrote these notes before April 26?"
"What would you say in some of these orders?"
"I'd write please let me have 50 cents or 75 cents—or whatever I wanted."
WASN'T HIDING.
"And you wouldn't say take it out of your wages?"
"Weren't there some big boxes in the room where Schiff caught you hiding, the Monday after the murder?"
"I wasn't hiding," said the negro, "and there wasn't any big boxes there." The witness indicated some books in court as being about the size of the largest boxes in the room where he is supposed to have been hiding.
"You said that Darley and Campbell and the shipping clerk and a colored boy could have heard your talk with Schiff."
"Yes, sir, I think they could."
"When you went in the office, you say Mr. Frank asked you if you could write, and you said 'I can write a little?'"
"Yes, sir, that's what he said."
"Well, if you had been writing for him a year, why did he have to ask you if you could write?"
"Mr. Hooper and Mr. Dorsey were with you in another place beside the station house and Mr. Dorsey's office, weren't they?"
"When was that?"
"I disremember."
DESCRIBES POCKETBOOK.
Mr. Dorsey took up the witness again.
"Jim, describe that pocketbook," said the solicitor.
"It was wire-ish looking pocketbook, like the ladies carry, light colored, and had little chains on it, for the ladies to hold to."
"Jim, didn't you have anything to copy the names of those boxes from?"
"Well, the boxers were there, with the names on them where you could see them."
"Why did you do this writing?"
"For Mr. Frank, so as to tell him what boxes was needed, and how many."
Mr. Rosser took him again.
"Didn't Schiff have charge of the boxes?"
CONLEY EXCUSED.
"Tell me how large that pocketbook was."
"I couldn't tell—I saw it ther[e] on the table."
Urged by Mr. Rosser, he indicated about five inches as the length of the pocketbook. He wouldn't say how wide it was. He didn't know.
Conley was excused from the stand at this juncture, at 11:10 o'clock.
As Conley passed the state's table, Mr. Hooper gave him half of a plug of tobacco, which the negro received gratefully. As he left the court room, the negro told the deputy sheriff in charge of him that he was feeling all right. He asked for a cigarette, which one of the newspaper men gave to him. Then he sat in the press room for a few minutes with the deputy, and read the newspapers and smoked.
A short recess was taken by the court.
When court resumed, Solicitor Dorsey offered in evidence the flashlight photograph of the scene where Mary Phagan's body was found.
A blank yellow order book containing leaves similar to one on which one of the notes was written, the scratchpad from which Conley says Frank tore the sheets that he wrote on; and the notes that Conley says he wrote, and which were found by the side of the body, were entered in evidence by the state without objection on the part of the defense. The two notes were read to the jury by Solicitor Dorsey.
DALTON CALLED.
C. B. Dalton was called to the witness stand. Attorney Rosser held a whispered consultation with the judge, and Solicitor Dorsey joined them, and it was decided not to hear Dalton's testimony until after the judge had decided finally whether or not he would rule out the portions of Conley's testimony which the defense seeks to strike from the records. It was understood that should the judge finally rule against the state, the solicitor would attempt anyway to get Dalton's testimony before the jury, and Mr. Rosser is expected to object.
At the end of this conference, Dalton was excused from the stand and returned to the witness room on the floor above.
Mrs. Arthur White was called as the next witness.
James Conley was brought into the room once more, from the ante-room where he had been taken, and confronted Mrs. White.
"Mrs. White, look at this man," said the solicitor. "Can you state who he is?"
"Did you ever see him before?"
"At police headquarters."
MRS. WHITE NOT POSITIVE.
"Did you ever see him before that time, at police headquarters?"
"I won't say positively."
"How does he compare with the man you say you saw sitting on the box on the first floor?"
Attorney Rosser objected to the question as a leading. Judge Roan allowed it after its construction had been changed slightly by the solicitor.
Conley was told to put on his hat, and after he had done so Mrs. White replied that he looked more like the negro whom she saw beside the elevator in the factory, than anyone whom she had seen since.
"How long after April 26 was it when you saw this man at police headquarters?"
"It was about a month afterward, I guess."
"Now, tell the jury what happened at the police station."
ROSSER IS SUSTAINED.
Attorney Rosser objected on the ground that his client was not bound by anything that happened at the police station, inasmuch as he was not represented there. Solicitor Dorsey replied, "Well, Mr. Scott, the Pinkerton detective, was present as your representative." Attorney Rosser exclaimed, "Mr. Scott does not represent this man," pointing to Frank. Judge Roan sustained the objection of Mr. Rosser.
"Now, your honor, I want to show why Mrs. White says this man looks more like him than any other," said the solicitor.
Attorney Rosser objected on the ground that the negro was not dressed in court as he was then. Judge Roan sustained Mr. Rosser.
"Describe to the jury now the man you saw was dressed," said the solicitor.
"He was just about the size of this man, and he looked black to me. He was sitting in a dark place, but I think he had on dark clothes. I don't know whether he was bareheaded or not."
"Mrs. White, Wade Campbell is your brother, and Arthur White is your husband. They are both connected with the pencil factory. When did you first tell them about seeing this negro?"
Attorney Rosser objected, and Judge Roan asked the solicitor how he considered that material. The solicitor explained, "We want to show that she told this to her husband and her brother within two days and we want to show that the detectives at the police station didn't get this information until later than that."
REASON FOR QUESTION.
Mr. Rosser renewed his objection, and Solicitor Dorsey argued again. "It is already in evidence to show that Detective Scott was told about this by Frank two days after the body was found. Now I want to show that the city detectives did not know about it until the 7th of May."
Mr. Dorsey called for the record of Scott's testimony. He knew he was right, said he.
"If you are, it's the first time you've been right about anything," said Mr. Rosser.
"Yes, and I want the record and I want to show that on Monday, April 28, Leo M. Frank knew that Mrs. White said there was a negro by the elevator, and that it took the detectives working for the state of Georgia until May 7 to find it out. By that I mean the detectives working for the state—not the detectives working for the National Pencil company."
The lawyers wrangled for several moments. The court stenographer entered and handed a typewritten manuscript to Attorney Arnold.
DORSEY IS APPLAUDED.
"Here, I want it," said Mr. Dorsey. "I'll give it to you in a minute," said Mr. Arnold. Attorney Rosser looked over the record, and finally he said, "Yes, you're right about it. It's in here."
Applause broke out in three parts of the court room. The applauders were ejected quickly from the court.
Mr. Rosser arose to argue, then, that the matter was immaterial. It didn't matter when the state learned ab[o]ut it, said he.
Solicitor Dorsey contended that he had a right to show that City Detective Rosser and the other detectives didn't know about it until May 7.
Judge Roan ruled that he could ask the witness when she next told about seeing the negro.
Mrs. White said she was not positive, but thought she next told it on May 7.
Mr. Rosser cross-examined the witness.
"You never declined to tell anyone about this, did you?"
"Nobody ever asked you to keep it a secret, did they?"
MANGUM IS CALLED.
When you spoke to Wade Campbell, didn't you tell him you saw the negro as you went up?"
"No, he is mistaken if he says that I did."
"Did you say the first time that you heard voices on the steps?"
"I might have said that the first time I went into the factory I heard voices, but I didn't see anyone."
Sheriff C. W. Mangum was sworn as the next witness.
"Were you present at the jail when Conley went down there from the factory?"
"Yes, he was with another party."
"You were present and overheard a conversation about having Conley confront Frank?"
DORSEY WINS POINT.
Attorney Rosser objected to this as irrelevant, and hearsay. In arguing it, Mr. Dorsey said: "Your honor, never in the history of the white race has a white man charged with so foul a crime by a negro refused to meet his accuser face to face. We want to show that this defendant refused to meet this ignorant negro who was making the charge against him."
Mr. Rosser interrupted several times, Judge Roan conceding that Mr. Dorsey could argue the point. Judge Roan ruled in favor of the state, and the question was repeated.
The witness said he was present.
"Go ahead and tell about it."
Sheriff Mangum said that Chief Beavers, Chief Lanford, Pinkerton Detectve Scott and Jim Conley, the negro, came to the jail together. There were two or three of Frank's friends at the door on the landing just in front of the cell. The officers didn't want to stop there because they did not care for these friends of the accused to see them. Chief Beavers asked the sheriff if they, the incoming party, could see Frank, stating that they wanted Conley to confront Frank and tell his story.
FRANK REFUSED AUDIENCE.
"I went to Mr. Frank and told him what Chief Beavers requested. I told him he could see them if he wanted to. He refused, saying that his attorney was not there and there was nobody to listen to what might be said."
Mr. Rosser: "Frank evidently knew them?"
"Yes, sir," replied the sheriff.
Solicitor Dorsey: "How do you know whether Frank knew them or not?"
"Well, I had seen in the papers where he had been over to police station and where he had talked with them."
The solicitor moved to order testimony on that point out of the records, and the court ruled it out.
Sheriff Mangum was excused. The solicitor called for Mrs. J. W. Coleman, mother of Mary Phagan. She did not answer, and the solicitor called for George Epps, the newsboy. He did not answer. The solicitor then made a statement to the court.
JURY SENT OUT.
"Your honor, we have two propositions which we wish to submit," said the solicitor, "but in doing so we must put up Epps and Dalton. I know the defense will object to this testimony. It is connected with some that is already in the record and to which they have objected.
"I would like to suggest that inasmuch as this prospective testimony has a direct bearing on the subject matter at issue, you now decide as to the admissibility of that evidence.
"Your honor, the state has only one other witness besides these. He is Dr. H. F. Harris, and we cannot get him here before 2 p. m."
Judge Roan ordered the jury out.
"I want you lawyers now to give me the law," said Judge Roan to counsel. "Read the law to me without too much discussion."
Solicitor Dorsey addressed the court.
"I have three propositions to argue. In the first place, we don't want any evidence ruled out with relation to Frank's previous customs or his connections with Conley.
"Second, we want to put up witnesses to corroborate Conley's testimony.
FRANK PINCHED MARY?
"And third, we want to put up George Epps to testify that on the day Mary Phagan was murdered, as she was on the way to the pencil factory, she told Epps that Frank had pinched her and teased her and that she was afraid of him."
Judge Roan said: "Now let me hear the law on this without too much argument."
"I don't suppose there is any authority needed," said he, "in arguing the admissibility of George Epps' testimony. I don't suppose there is a court in the world that would want to hear any authority on that. It's plain, hearsay evidence." Mr. Arnold read an excerpt from some decision, however, tending to support his objection to the admissibility of that evidence."
He argued the second proposition stated by Solicitor Dorsey.
"There is nothing relevant to this case in the negro watching for Frank on previous occasions. Your honor conrelated to the issue. Your honor concedes its inference." Mr. Arnold cited a number of authorities to support his argument on this matter.
"I shouldn't argue the original admissibility of this evidence, because Mr. Hooper agreed with me yesterday that it was illegal testimony."
HOOPER INTERRUPTS.
Mr. Hooper interrupted. "The defense keeps insisting that I agreed yesterday that this shouldn't have been entered. I want to make myself clear on the subject. I was misunderstood. I said that their objection to the admissibility of this evidence might have been well taken if it had been entered at the time that the testimony was admitted. But I did not commit myself at all."
Attorney Arnold proceeded, characterizing the state's position as a bold attempt to prove that the negro watched for Frank on other occasions. The failure to object at the time of the introduction did not mean that they could not later move to have it stricken from the record. He cited a number of decisions from courts in other states, sustaining judges who had stricken evidence after it was admitted and in some cases after the witnesses had been cross-questioned about it.
He said that the defense had been unable to find a case in Georgia where the testimony was stricken after a witness had been cross examined. He supposed this was the first case in the state where that point had arisen, said he.
ARNOLD ARGUES FROM CHAIR.
Attorney Arnold paused. "I'm so hot and faint I feel unable to go much longer." He did not appear to be very faint. He sat down and asked for a glass of water. "Well, that's all right," said Judge Roan, "you can just remain in your seat and proceed."
"That's all right," said Mr. Arnold, "If I am permitted to sit down, I can go on all right."
Mr. Arnold continued his citation of authorities. He concluded with specific reading of a number of authorities which declared that it was always order for the judge, even on his own motion, to withdraw illegal and irrelevant testimony.
Solicitor Dorsey resumed. He stated that he wanted to speak about the failure of the defendant to ask that this evidence be stricken in time. "I could easily see," said he, "that if Conley's evidence goes without corroboration, it will be beneficial to the defendant. Now it is the law that you can put questions to tell of the witness' relations with the accused, social or otherwise. And that is exactly what Conley did.
IMPORTANT POINT.
"The defendant on cross-examination, even went into Conley's relations with others in the factory, and I didn't object because they had that right. Now, I say that this is a material and a powerful fact illustrating the probability of Conley's story. I saw, second, that they went into detail on it and drew it out, and now they haven't the right to throw it overboard."
Mr. Arnold interrupted to say that he had some other authorities which he had forgotten to read and which he should read before t[h]e solicitor finished. He then read excerpts from text books on criminal law.
Mr. Dorsey concluded his argument. The solicitor produced a number of decisions to support his contention. He contended that the evidence was admissible as an original proposition. Judge Roan interrupted him with a question indicating that he judge thought the question was one affecting the character of the defendant. The solicitor promptly declared that it was not, that it had a very important bearing on the bearing and conduct of the accused in relation with the witness, and was connected directly with the case.
Judge Roan interrupted again. "Mr. Dorsey, you understand this is a vital question in the case, concerning the proper administration of the law. I desire to do the right thing with fairness to all parties."
DORSEY FEARS NONE.
"Your honor, if I convict this man I want to hold him," said the solicitor. "I'm not afraid of the higher court reversing your honor on that proposition, if you are." Judge Roan said that he was not thinking about that at all.
The solicitor contended that the defense had slept over its rights in letting the evidence, even if it was inadmissible, get into the records without objection; that they had cross-examined the witness on portions of it for hours.
"And, now, when they find something they don't want, they are trying to get rid of it," said he. "They had a right to, and did sift Conley to bring out the relationship existing between him and Frank. This evidence, your honor, established the fact that Frank had full confidence in Conley and was willing to trust him as a lookout for him on such occasions."
Judge Roan announced an adjournment at this point until 2 o'clock.
Atlanta Journal, August 6th 1913, "Judge Roan Reverses Decision on Conley Testimony," Leo Frank case newspaper article series (Original PDF)
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Introverts in the Church: Finding our Place in an Extroverted Culture by Adam McHugh (Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2009).
Adam McHugh provides a very reflective and open-minded resource in his Introverts in the Church: Finding our Place in an Extroverted Culture (Intervarsity Press, 2009). As I began to digest it, I soon thought of two books published in the past few years—one, Susan Cain's Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking (Penguin, 2012) and second, more tangentially related, Angela Duckworth's Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (Scribner, 2016). As it turns out upon my investigation, Adam McHugh has been a contributor to the Quiet Revolution blog (www.quietrev.com), an online resource led by author Susan Cain. While McHugh has also published more recently with IVP (The Listening Life: Embracing Attentiveness in a World of Distraction, 2015), his title that has been out for nearly a decade now contains some personal account of his own struggle during the time of his preparation for pastoral ministry, struggle which nearly prompted him to take the step of resignation from the ordination process following seminary study, and potentially shutting the door on a future in ministry. He relays the connection he experienced early on with the persevering, studious characteristics needed in the academic aspect of graduate school; and yet, while enjoying close relationship with others, he struggled to maintain the pace of public interpersonal interaction that is often called for in the work of ministry.
Adam's admission of his own construction of a one-dimensional image of leadership—the most effective leader being a high-paced, always outward-oriented extrovert—is something I personally resonate with as an introvert, and I believe all leaders and leaders-in-training should reckon with and seek to correct. Much of the content of the book's nine chapters calls upon the insights of writers and educational resources not claiming Christianity that yet have much to say about the psychological and physiological realities of the way introverts are wired. McHugh also does a good job of pointing out important distinctions, such as between introversion and shyness, and does not "pigeonhole" categories of people, encouraging us to enjoy the beautiful complexity with which each human being is created. He does not devote a particular chapter to Biblical expositions or descriptions but, throughout all the chapters, blends reflection on Scripture with personal anecdotes and examples that help the reader identify with various personality types. There are many points in the book where I realized that a stream of further inquiry could be taken about either life in a church context or the context of broader society—for example, in discussing the "extroverted church" in an early chapter, a mention of the extroverted preaching style of one of the figures of the first Great Awakening historical period in early America could prompt the studious reader to explore more of the surrounding history. McHugh also touches upon the direction many churches today are taking toward the revival of interest in ancient Christianity that involves more contemplative habits and styles of worship. Much has been written about lectio divina, or a "spiritual reading" of Scripture that originated with monasticism (another historical era in church history worth exploring) but has experienced a refresh of interest in today's church. This idea describes the reciprocal relationships between reading portions of God's word and praying or meditating on a part of it to God in response to the reading. This practice can allow those of a more contemplative nature to take time to "marinate" on God's word. Ultimately, all Christians should commit focus to verbally "praying God's word back to Him." However, the practice of lectio divina can provide a structure that deliberate, contemplative types of people can benefit from.
What are the times of day when I feel most energized?
When do I feel the most tired?
What are the physical habits that drain me? The ones that energize me?
When do I need the most solitude?
How do I find soul rest?
What are the spiritual disciplines where I feel most restored by God?
What are the relationships in which I feel the most refreshed? The most drained?
When I consider Question #6, I think of terminology often used these days, "soul care" and "self-care." These terms can get confusing, and while many people use them interchangeably, as Christians I believe we should draw a distinction between them.
For centuries a 'sanctuary' was not only a holy place for worship but also a safe harbor for refugees. When introverts go to church, we crave sanctuary in every sense of the word, as we flee from the disorienting distractions of twenty-first century life. We desire to escape from superficial relationships, trivial communications and the constant noise that pervade our world, and find rest in the probing depths of God's love (191).
This way of beginning and ending the book provides a helpful frame. There are also several discussion questions included for each chapter, allowing this to be a good and practical resource for church leaders to read and discuss together.
Jessica Hudson is a librarian and a collaborative musician by training. She currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she assists in the running of a theological library and helps theological students of all types explore the resources available to them. Areas of interest include worship liturgies and the role of music within them, early American church history, and the interplay of psychology and theology in the fascinating beauty with which God has created people in His image. In 2017, she had published brief pieces of writing in the Journal of Religious and Theological Information and the Georgia Library Quarterly.


Harborough Bake Off star to appear at feast for food lovers!
Food and drink lovers are being invited to a special event taking place in the grounds of Kelmarsh Hall over the weekend of July 7 and 8.
The hall is hosting the Great British Food Festival which will see more than 75 artisan food producers and street food vendors descend for a weekend of fun, preserving, baking and packing, and lots more.
Along with food and drink producers there will be an exciting line-up of love music, chef demos, foodie talks, 'Man vs Food' competitions and a bake stage.
The Chef Demo stage hosts a headline name for each day, with Harborough's Great British Bake Off winner Francis Quinn, and Jane Beedle, all doing demos over the weekend.
A spokesman for the event said: "Alongside the celeb chefs, some of the best regional talent will be showcasing their skills; so from baking tips to fine dining know-how the demo theatre is the place to be for any budding chef.
Dan Maycock, one of the organisers, said: "We have got a great mix of local produce and best of British, coming from further afield. On the hot food front you will be able to try anything from traditional hog roast to Mexican and Thai dishes, so hopefully something for all tastes!
Visit www.greatbritishfoodfestival.com for early bird tickets.


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3-D camera captures snowflakes in freefall
By Curtis RushSports Reporter
Wed., April 10, 2013timer2 min. read
A new high-speed camera perched in the mountains of Utah's Alta Ski Area has revealed what snowflakes look like as they fall in mid-air.
On the eve of Thursday's winter storm warning for the Greater Toronto Area, this ground-breaking research into snowflake size and shape may contribute to more accurate snowfall predictions by showing they affect snowpack density.
At the famous Alta Ski Area in Utah, a new high-speed, multi-angle camera, which incorporates three lenses, is capturing what snowflakes look like in mid-air and in 3-D.
Alta is a ski area in the Wasatch Mountains, just east of Sandy, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City.
The camera is positioned near an infrared sensor. When the sensor detects a snowflake, the camera takes hundreds of thousands of shots in the course of one day if it is snowing heavily.
This is reported to be an important step in advancing the study of meteorology because snowflakes tend to melt before they can be studied in detail.
Weather forecasts today rely on snowflake research done by hand in the 1970s, according to the University of Utah researchers.
Snowflakes are formed when snow crystals collide with other snow crystals.
University of Utah atmospheric scientist Tim Garrett says "the goal is to improve computer simulations of falling snow and how it interacts with radar."
One camera has been positioned at 10,000 feet altitude and another at 8,600 feet, Garrett told the Star.
You may be surprised by what you see in the snowflakes; Garrett has certainly been.
"The range of variably of what falls out of the sky is incredible and it's always changing," Garrett said.
"As we continue this project, we are always continuing to see new types of snowflakes, some that I have never previously imagined that I would see."
Most recently, he has been seeing a transition to some snowfall in the mountains where the weather has been warm and close to freezing.
"The exciting thing for me is seeing what snowflakes look like in freefall as they are actually melting, and I imagine this may be the first time that such snowflakes are being seen."
The University of Utah scientist says the camera is picking up snowflakes in a half-melted, "twilight" state that "leads to shapes that to my eye look extraordinary."
The camera is special because it photographs the snowflakes in freefall without having to touch the ground.
The U.S. Army has purchased this camera in order to improve avalanche predictions.
Photographed with the university's Multi-Angle Snowflake Camera (MASC)Multi-Angle Snowflake Camera (MASC), the snowflakes don't look anything like those snowflakes often seen in photos.
The high-speed camera, made by Fallgatter Technologies, captured these snowflakes as they fell over the past two winters.
You can watch a live-updating feed of recent snowflakes from Alta, or check the project's snowflake gallery where you can click on any image to see it in full resolution or play a slideshow.
This project is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. The Center for Snow Science at Alta and NoHow Inc. are supplying field support.
Donations to support snowflake photography and science can be made by clicking here.


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Sealed with a Kiss (Chinese: 吻我吧,住家男) is a Singaporean romance drama produced and telecast on MediaCorp Channel 8. The drama began production in April 2015 and began its run from 27 August 2015. The show aired at 9pm on weekdays and had a repeat telecast at 8am the following day. The series stars Rebecca Lim, Elvin Ng, Zhang Zhenhuan and Carrie Wong as the main casts of the series.

Plot
Du Junning (Rebecca Lim), is a successful real estate agent. She is well known for knowing how to sweet-talk not only her clients, as well as her superior and colleagues. However, those words are not what will truly comes from her heart. One day, she realized that her life has turned upside down after an accidental kiss with Zhu Jianan - where she could only speak the truth. She started offending people all around her by being blunt and straightforward, which result in the loss of job, relationship, kinship and even friendship. Her father avoided her, her best friend Zhenzhen fell out with her and she drove her boyfriend away.

Zhu Jianan (Elvin Ng), is a man who is a jinx to the people around him. He has a crush on Du Junning and enjoys watching romantic Korean dramas, and often visualized her and himself as the leads, having an extremely romantic story plot. When he had an accidental kiss with Du Junning, he became a lucky star - good things kept coming towards him such as winning the lucky draw and became a famous designer overnight. However, his luck has attracted all his relatives whom disagreed to take Jianan in when he was much younger, trying to gain some benefits from him.

Zheng Danle (Zhang Zhenhuan), nicknamed Cool Man, is Jianan's only best friend and the only one not affected by his bad luck. On the outside, he doesn't seemed to be bothered about what's going on around him - but in the inside, he actually longed for a family love, which he envies the kinship between Jianan and Chen Xinshan. He's used to hiding his inner-self, which result in him not knowing how to express his love for Tian Zhenzhen.

Tian Zhenzhen (Carrie Wong), believes that love conquers everything. Her boyfriend often cheats on her - for that she fear that he might leave her, so she chose to turn a blind eye. She fell out with Junning for making Shiqian break up with her - not knowing that it's for her own good. A new affection between her and Danle is soon formed after knowing Shiqian's real intention.

After the breakup, Zhenzhen started feeling the same as Danle after he confess and they soon became a couple - knowing how well-protected she is when with Danle. On the other hand, knowing that the kiss between Junning and Jianan changed their lives upside down, she went to confront Jianan - where he willingly wants to kiss Junning back so that she can have her life back, regardless the fact that he will become a jinx to others again. Will they return to their original state if Junning and Jianan kiss?

Cast

Main cast

Other cast

Trivia
 This is the first time that Elvin Ng and Rebecca Lim paired together.
 Snippets of the next episode are shown during the ending credits of each episode. This is the tenth series where News Tonight commentaries are not announced.
 Charles Lee's second Singaporean drama after 118.
The series was repeated at 8am.
The series is pre-empted on 11 Sep 2015 to air the live coverage of the results of the Singaporean general election 2015.
The Series repeat its telecast on weekday 5.30pm in Feb 2016 succeeding Life Is Beautiful
This Series repeat its telecast succeeding It Takes Two on 19 April 2021 at 4am.

Awards and nominations
Sealed With A Kiss is nominated for two awards in Star Awards 2016. The series, along with Good Luck, is one of two Mediacorp series not to be nominated for any technical awards.

Star Awards 2016

Fame Awards 2016

See also
 List of programmes broadcast by Mediacorp Channel 8
 List of Sealed With A Kiss episodes

References

Singapore Chinese dramas
2015 Singaporean television series debuts
2015 Singaporean television series endings
Channel 8 (Singapore) original programming

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