State v. Baker

BARRETT, Commissioner.

By information the appellant, Edwin L. Baker, and his wife, Josephine T. Baker, were charged with manslaughter in an attempt to produce or promote an abortion upon Janet, age 24, by the administration of a drug. Specifically the information alleged that “on or about the 13th day of July, 1968 * * * Edwin L. Baker and Josephine T. Baker did feloniously, with the intent to produce or promote a miscarriage or abortion * * * administer to a woman, tb-wit, one Janet * * * a drug” and that as a result of the acts of the Bakers Janet died. Upon a severance and change of venue…