Thompson v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for abortion. The punishment was assessed by the jury at two years.

The sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction is challenged.

The record reflects that C. W. Thompson, the appellant, was a licensed physician. On or about January 19, 1968, Ruby Lee Olin Rohne, the victim and prosecutrix, saw her physician, Dr. James A. Bloys, because her period was late and she was having a pain in the left lower part of her abdomen. Ruby Lee was then unmarried, had three children, and said she could not afford another child. Dr. Bloys gave her…