State v. Watson
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from, Chase District Court. Prosecution under §15 of the act regulating crimes and punishments. Upon the verdict against the defendant Watson, the court, December 22, 1882, sentenced him to pay a fine of $50 and the costs of the prosecution, and to stand committed to the county jail until the same were paid. From this judgment he appeals. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was a criminal prosecution, upon information, under § 15 of the act regulating crimes and punishments, charging the defendant with feloniously administering medicines, drugs and substances to Mary Brown, a woman who was then pregnant with a quick child, with the intent and for the purpose of destroying such child. The information was undoubtedly sufficient. The defendant, however, filed a plea in abatement, alleging that he had never had any preliminary examination with regard to said offense. A trial was had upon this plea in…
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