State v. Strain

OPINION

By MILLER, J.

The defendant, Nathaniel Henry Strain, was tried on an indictment charging him with murder in the first degree, that is purposely killing, (1) in the perpetration of burglary of an inhabited dwelling, (2) in the perpetration of robbery, and (3) in the perpetration of rape. A jury trial was had which resulted in a verdict of guilty on all three counts and without a recommendation of mercy.

The record discloses that Alice Lauterbach, the deceased, was a physically deformed lady, being a hunchback, seventy-five years of age; that during the night season her home was…