Mack v. State

Ulysses Mack, alias “McNezzer,” the appellant herein, was convicted of murdering, with an axe, during the perpetration of a robbery, in Gary, one Josephine Odorizzi, a young woman 20 years of age, and he has been sentenced, under §4, ch. 54, Acts 1929, §2412 Burns Supp. 1929, to suffer death by electrocution.

Appellant was indicted in Lake County March 29, 1929; on April 12, he appeared in person and by counsel in the Lake Criminal Court, was arraigned and pleaded not guilty; on May 18, he took a change of venue to Porter County; and on September 26, filed a motion for a continuance. The…