Dodson v. United States

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in error was defendant in the court below, and will bo so designated in this opinion. He was convicted of violating sections 2 and 8 of the Act of December 17, 1914 (26 USCA §§’ 696, 697, 700; Comp. St. §§ 6287h, 6287n), as amended by the Revenue Act of 1918 (Comp. St. §§ 6287g, 6287Í, 6287r), by dealing in certain narcotic drugs. He denied his guilt, and the testimony with regard thereto was conflicting. The principal exception relates to the charge of the court on the presumption of innocence.

Before the introduction of testimony the trial judge gave the…