Roark v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Affirming.

Haskel Roark and Nathan Marcum, whom we shall refer to as the defendants, upon their trial under an indictment charging them with unlawfully confederating and banding themselves together for the purpose of intimidating, alarming, and disturbing other persons, were found guilty and the punishment of each of them fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

There is in Harlan county a community house known as the Brownie Creek Community House. Miss Reva Guthrie, a community worker, and Miss Elsie Walker, a teacher, occupied some rooms…