LANCASTER TRIAL
COMMENT ON DIARY,
(United Press Aseociation—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)
MIAMI, August 16.
Assertions that the personal diary of Captain -Lancaster, day after day, carried death threats to the man who stole the love of ??fs''4‘!eith Miller were made by State Attorney Hawthorne to the jury who are hearing the trial of Lancaster for slaying Clarke. “The defence tells you that this man committed suicide. The State witnesses, who have not been contradicted, show that murder was contemplated—clear across the, continent—by a man who is capable, cc'd, and crafty. His diary shows his intent, day after day, to kill Baden Clarke.” The prosecution argument was followed by a four-hour plea by Mr Carson, counsel for the defence.
acquitted.
END OF TRIAL,
(Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) MIAMI, ‘August 17. Lancaster was acquitted,
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 August 1932, Page 5
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