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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.
History
Born Amanda Mayhayley Lancaster, she grew up in Heard County, Georgia, where she lived for most of her life.
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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. Cash's real-life husban