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t0aircfiIGREELY PHILLIPS GET8 INDEFINITE vRE8PITE.Grcely Phillips will not hang Friday and it is not probable that he will hang soon. Grecly’s case is hung up on a legal snag and, in j \ the meantime, Greely will hang on \ to the “brittle thread of lite,” or ( words to that effect.Greelv’s new lease on life is the result of the efforts of his attorney,A. Hi Freeman, and the lefeal procedure necessary in the accomplishment of his purpose was somewhat like this:Application for writ of habeas corpus was made to Judge R. W. Freeman. Application was denied and Phillips excepted to the order refusing the writ; the contention being that Phillips’ trial at March term, 1904, of Superior Court was illegal, on the ground that three ot the grand iurors who signed the indictment against him were disqualified. After the bill of exception was signed, Judge Freeman granted a supercedeas until the case can be finally disposed of by the Supreme Court.In this manner Phillips’ life willbe prolonged for an indefinite period, and nobody is now able to 3* name the exact date of his execu-lS ! tion —if it ever occurs at all.yit1-ne
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Newnan Weekly News
Newnan, Georgia, US
Wed, Feb 08, 1905
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