Brannon v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Affirming.

Tire appellant, Roger Brannon, was convicted of the murder of William Nelson Fant, and received the penalty of death. From the judgment he appeals.

About five o’clock of the evening of December 26th, 1925, a number of men, among whom was Fant, had gathered together in an upper room of the Paramount Hotel in Lexington, Kentucky. For a long time previous to this day, a handbook and poker game had been conducted in this room and these men, on this occasion, had assembled for the purpose of and were playing in the poker game. Just back of this room…