WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.
Constance Ballard was found guilty of grand larceny, largely on the testimony of Barbara Spencer, an accomplice who was indicted with her and entered a plea of guilty. Barbara testified that she and Constance obtained $5,000 from the victim by means of what is known as the "confidence game." There was no evidence for the defendant Ballard.
Error is assigned in the trial judge's refusal to charge that a conviction cannot rest...
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