Draft Order and Affidavit Re Appeal In Forma Pauperis
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March, 1969

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Case Files, Furman v. Georgia Hardbacks. Draft Order and Affidavit Re Appeal In Forma Pauperis, 1969. 34f73e93-b225-f011-8c4d-0022482c18b0. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/6e9061b2-75a5-4600-b80e-625616a1ba9a/draft-order-and-affidavit-re-appeal-in-forma-pauperis. Accessed July 12, 2025.
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STATE OF GEORGIA IN THE SUPREME COURT OF GFORGIA > 4 4 COUNTY OF CHATHAM STATE OF GEORGIA vs. WILLIAM HENRY FUPRMAN a l a Be Ra l. Ba l A amma a aa a a] AND NOW COMES the movant and files this his applicat- ion to the Supreme Court for an Order allowing him to prosecute | his appeal In Forma Pauperis and for grounds say: | 1. That he was convicted in Chatham Superior Court on the 20th day of September, 1968, for the offense of murder and sentenced to death. 2. That said cases by AnFasvont of the Court were con- soclidated and tried and submitted to the same jury. 3. That he has filed his Motion for New Trial in said case which was overruled on all grounds from which an appeal is being taken. | 4. That he is an indigent and has no property or funds nor any possibility of acquiring any funds to enable him to an- peal his case to the Appellate Court of Georgia and to the United States Supreme Court. S. Petitioner is unemployed and is incarcerated in jail 6. That he has no friends or relatives that are in a position to raise any monies for him whatsoever. 7. That petitioner and counsel has been under the inm- pression that additional funds could be raised but now find that this conviction to a death sentence makes it impossible for hin to be able to do so. 8. That under the laws of Georgia, without a transcrint of the record being obtained and filed. the appeal will he guto- 4 matically dismissed and he will go to his death without the op- portunity of having his conviction reviewed. * er Pe St WE ran Te sa So Sh ig ge » po ARBAB SAG RRR aes pia SI Ga 5 hay A EXER i= So S— - Pe an ~ ET Ss i g : I 13 i : k |: H ; § £ f : Fd % fe CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Due and legal service is herehy acknowledged on the within and foregoing order and motion, copy and all other and PRR IRB EE R F S further service and notice is hereby waived. This day of March, 1968. | District Attorney, Eastern Judicial | Circuit of Georgia os o pm ac io li s sa RSE EL i rR NR I et Ah Ae e i STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF ClUATIIAM PERSONALLY APPEARED before the undersigned Notary a l k a Public WILLIAM HENRY FURMAN, who, being duly sworn on oath, says that he is an indigent: that he has no funds or property out of which he can raise the necessary money to obtain a transcript of the record: that his means of obtaining money has been ex- hausted that because of his conviction to a death sentence, no one has offered to assist him in any way whatsoever: that unless he obtains a transcript at the expense of the State of Ceorgia or the County of Chatham, his appeal will be futile and he will lose his life without his constitutional right of appeal. That this affidavit is being made to he used in con- nection with his appeal to the Anpellate Court of feorgia and the iinited States Supreme Court. SWORN to and subscribed before me this day of March, 1969. NOTARY PUBLYC, STATY OF GEORGIA Sh WHERLFORE, (a) That this his motion be granted and that a trans- cript te ordered at the expense of the State or B. Clarence Mayfield 010 West Broad St. Savanna, Georgia PETITIONER PRAYS: County of Chathanm.| | ATTORNEY TORTTOVART |