Rickerstricker v. State

Harrison, J. :

The appellant, Lewis H. Rickerstricker, was convicted in the Lincoln Circuit Court, of the murder, in the first degree, of Louisa Johnson. He moved for a new trial, which was refused, and he was sentenced to be hanged.

On the trial, he offered as a witness Amanda Jones, who, being examined on the voir dire, stated that she and defendant had lived, together as husband and wife since 1867, and she had had children by him, but that they had never been married, and she had never acknowledged that she was his wife.

Objection to her competency was made on the part of the State, and the…