Lancaster v. State

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The evidence in this case establishes the fact that a mob composed of several masked men forced its way into the jail of Walker county after 12 o'clock at night, overpowered the jailer, took from the jail Willie Baird, one of the prisoners, conveyed him by automobile to a lonely road, and there murdered him. The corpus delicti is…