Raymond

An indictment was returned by the grand jury of Los Angeles County charging appellant Dorothy MacKaye Raymond and Dr. Walter James Sullivan in count I of being accessories to a murder committed, and in count II of compounding a felony, to wit, the crime of murder. Dr. Sullivan was granted a separate trial. Count I was dismissed by the court at the close of the people’s case. Dorothy MacKaye Raymond was convicted under count II, and appeals from the judgment and from an order denying her motion for a new trial.

Appellant was the wife of Ray Raymond, the deceased, and both of them were actors. About eight weeks before his death the deceased went to San Francisco to fill a theatrical engagement, and during a part of this time appellant was doing theatrical work in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Paul Kelly was a moving picture actor, living in Hollywood, and knew both Mr. and Mrs. Raymond in New York before they came to California. While the deceased was absent from home Paul Kelly and appellant associated together. He often met her at the theater after evening performances and took her home, or to his home; and when she was out of employment they were in each other’s company much of…