Sally Christy, Also Known as Marion Robertson v. United States

DENMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Sally Christy, hereafter appellant, was tried by jury in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska and found guilty of a single count in violation of § 65-9-10, Alaska Laws Annotated 1949 1 (hereafter A.C.L.A.). She was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment. She urges on this appeal that the lower court erred in admitting certain evidence and in instructing and failing to instruct the jury on certain matters.

The following facts were uncontra-dicted. At 2:00 A.M. on the night of April 2, 1957, appellant was sitting in a taxicab in front of the Silver Dollar Bar…