Davis v. State

On April 1, 1923, a physician, A. B. C. Davis, plaintiff in error, herein referred to as the defendant, was in the district court of Oklahoma county, by a verdict of a jury, found guilty of the murder of Mary Sudik, accomplished by the use and employment of instruments upon her for the purpose of producing a criminal abortion. The punishment imposed by the jury was imprisonment for life. This appeal is from the judgment on the verdict, after the overruling of a motion for a new trial.

The evidence on the part of the state indicates that the defendant maintained an office, operating rooms, and…