O'Brien v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
'Case 73 — 'Prosecution against Claude O’Brien for Murder. APPEAL FROM FAYETTE CIRCUIT COURT. Defendant (Convicted and Penalty Fixed at Death, and He Appeals. On thie night of October 11, 1902, the dwelling house of Br. A. B. Chinn, in the city of Lexington, Kentucky, w.as unlawfully entered by one Earl Whitney- and the appellant, Claude -O’Brien, and Mr. Chinn was killed.
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'Case 73 — 'Prosecution against Claude O’Brien for Murder. APPEAL FROM FAYETTE CIRCUIT COURT. Defendant (Convicted and Penalty Fixed at Death, and He Appeals. On thie night of October 11, 1902, the dwelling house of Br. A. B. Chinn, in the city of Lexington, Kentucky, w.as unlawfully entered by one Earl Whitney- and the appellant, Claude -O’Brien, and Mr. Chinn was killed. Whitney and O’Brien were arrested in a few hours after the commission of the offensei and lodged in jail. Whitney confessed to his being connected with the crime, in a day or so after hist arrest, and. they werei sent to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op she court, by
JUDGE SETTEE
Appirming.
The appellant, Claude O’Brien, and one Earl Whitney were jointly indicted in the .Fayette circuit court for thé murder of A. B. Chinn, a citizen of Lexington, Ky. A separate trial was accorded the appellant at his request, which resulted in his conviction, and the fixing of his punishment at death, by the verdict of the jury.. His motion for a new trial was overruled by the lower court; hence this appeal.
The facts and circumstances leading to and surrounding the commission of the murder, as shown by the record, are few and simple. At 2:30 or 3…
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