Owens v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is abortion by the use of a rubber tube or catheter forced into the womb of a pregnant woman; the punishment, 3 years in the penitentiary.

For a statement of the evidence, we quote the respective theories of the state and the appellant from appellant’s brief.

“It was the State’s theory that the appellant Jesse Owens after having many illicit relations with Patricia Carter, the injured female in this abortion case, performed an abortion upon her person. This operation occurring on the night of October 17, 1954, about 11 o’clock at the apartment of the said Patricia…