State v. Hollos

In a joint indictment it was charged that the defendants, August A. Hollos and Lloyd H. Mercer, conspired to and did on April 20, 1943, perform an abortional operation upon Lucille Denesik from which she died on May 10, 1943. On trial, both were convicted and from that judgment separate notices of appeal on questions of law brought the case to this court.

The separate assignments of error, in most respects, raise the same questions. One group of these relates to the admission of evidence concerning a similar transaction by defendants, the operation of which was alleged to have taken place…