Sanders v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

The appellant was jointly indicted with John Jones, Lee Gaither, and Johnson Cooper by the grand jury of McCracken county for the murder of Ewell Smith. Appellant moved for a separate trial, which was granted, resulting in a verdict finding him guilty of murder and fixing his punishment at confinement in the state penitentiary for life.

The appellant and Ewell Smith, together with a number of others, were at the home of Mable Smith in Paducah on the evening the killing occurred. A number of those present were engaged in a game of dice. Smith had…