Caraway v. People

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Hodges.

Defendant was charged and convicted, upon a jury verdict, with performing an unlawful abortion. Motion *112for new trial was denied and defendant brings this writ of error.

The facts, briefly stated, are as follows: The complaining witness, Mrs. L., testified that she contacted defendant, whom she had not met before, about an abortion. She further testified that the alleged abortion was performed at defendant’s home; and that she left defendant’s home and was taken to a hospital by a passing motorist. At the hospital, she told doctors that she had attempted the…