Rodermund v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
EeboR to review a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Rat Stevens, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff in error (hereinafter called defendant) was convicted of the offense of having used instruments in the treatment of a pregnant woman with intent to procure a miscarriage, as denounced by the provisions of sec. 4583, Stats.
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EeboR to review a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Rat Stevens, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff in error (hereinafter called defendant) was convicted of the offense of having used instruments in the treatment of a pregnant woman with intent to procure a miscarriage, as denounced by the provisions of sec. 4583, Stats. The circuit court sentenced the defendant by the imposition of a fine and the costs of the action, and in default of the payment of such fine and costs committed him to the county jail for a period not to exceed six months.
1DissentEschweilbe, J.
A consideration of the record convinces me that the testimony falls short of measuring up to the salutary rule that it should exclude a reasonable doubt as to defendant’s guilt.
The unfortunate girl in this case had commenced taking pills for the avowed purpose of starting menstruation, and that meant, beyond question, an abortion. She had had pains and been sick, for a day or two at least, before her first visit to defendant, and on the preliminary examination she said that she went to his office to get help to relieve her from the pain she was in. The physician who subsequently attended her…
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