State v. Fields
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Aldrich, J., Darlington, March term; 1902. Indictment against Boyd Fields. From- sentence, defendant appeals. cite: Con. 1868, art. II., sec. 20; Con. 1895, art. III., sec. 17; 16 S. C., 56; 76 Mo,, 346; 51 S. C., 249. cite: 18 St., 549; Rev. Stat., vol. 2, secs. 122, 137, 138, 139; Code of Daws, vol. 2, secs. 122, 138, 139; Con. 1895, art. III., sec. 17; 58 S. C., 413.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chiee Justice Pope.
When the above stated action was called for trial, the defendant interposed a motion to quash the indictment upon the ground that section 2 of the act of 1883, whose title is, “An act to- amend the criminal law by providing for the punishment of abortion” (see acts of the General Assembly of 1883, pp. 547 and 548, of vol. XVIII.), was unconstitutional, because in violation of sec. 17, of art. III., of the Constitution adopted in the year 1895, that “every act or resolution having the force of law shall relate to but one subject,…
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