State v. Lancaster

Joseph F. Lancaster was indicted for murder in the first degree by a grand jury of Summit County, Ohio, and charged with “unlawfully, purposely and of deliberate and premeditated malice,” killing Louise E. Wallick.

He was prosecuted upon the indictment, and a jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. The verdict not having included a recommendation of mercy, the court, pursuant to judgment entered thereon, sentenced the accused to death in the electric chair.

In the appeal to this court, there are assigned the following claimed errors, which are asserted to be of a…