Dorothy M. Gray v. United States

The appellant was indicted with another for violations of the narcotic laws. 1 She was tried alone on two counts of a five-count indictment, three of the counts having been dismissed on motion of the United States. She appeals her conviction on the ground, among others, that the court erroneously instructed the jury that the law provides that a person aiding and abetting a principal offender may be charged as a principal. The objection the defense made to the instruction was that it was not justified by the facts in that the alleged principal — the co-indictee — had been held to be not guilty…