Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that the court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on his asserted defense of agency. It is well settled that "one who acts as procuring agent for the buyer alone is a principal or conspirator in the purchase rather than the sale of the contraband * * *. [And] he may not be treated as an accomplice of the seller" (People v Roche,
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