State v. Grissom

OPINION OF THE COURT

WATSON, J.

Appellant has been convicted of using an instrument, the name of which was to the grand jurors unknown, in an attempt to produce1 an abortion, by reason and in consequence of which the woman operated upon died. Laws 1919, c. 4, § 2, 1929 Comp. § 35 — 310.

Appellant is a dentist but not a physician. He was engaged to perform the operation by the man responsible for the condition of the deceased, for a consideration of $200, represented by the promissory note of the deceased and this man, and secured by the automobile of the deceased. This man witnessed the…