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Mayhayley Lancaster
American lawyer
Mayhayley Lancaster (October 18, 1875 – November 22, 1955) was an American lawyer, political activist, midwife and teacher best known for having participated in two of Georgia's most high-profile murder trials, involving defendants Leo Frank in Marietta and John Wallace in Coweta County.
She was involved in Leo Frank's defense and in the Wallace case as a witness for the prosecution.
Oracle of the ages: reflections on the curious life of fortune teller Mayhayley Lancaster / Dot Moore with Katie Lamar Smith.
History
Born Amanda Mayhayley Lancaster, she grew up in Heard County, Georgia, where she lived for most of her life.
Mayhayley Lancaster was 39 years old in 1915, during the Leo Frank case. She was one of the few public voices in Georgia to defend Frank.
Thirty-two years later, in 1947, the 71-year-old Mayhayley Lancaster took part in the Wallace trial, later described in the book Murder in Coweta County. In the 1983 made-for-TV movie of the same name, she was portrayed as a local oracle by 54-year-old June Carter Cash.
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