DOWELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 1174.

87 A.2d 630 (1952)

DOWELL v. UNITED STATES.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided April 3, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Bird, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

William E. Kirk, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Charles M. Irelan, U. S. Atty., Joseph M. Howard and Thomas A. Flannery, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


CAYTON, Chief Judge.

A jury found Elizabeth Dowell guilty of the statutory offense of practicing the healing art without a license, Code 1940, § 2-101 et seq., and she has brought this appeal.

We direct our attention first to a part of the judge's jury instructions which appellant says casts upon her an improper and excessive burden of proof in connection with her defense. The Government concedes that the instruction was erroneous and consents to a remand...

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