People v. . Van Zile
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the court of oyer and terminer of "Kings county, entered upon a verdict, which convicted the defendant of the crime of abortion. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
ANDREWS, Ch. J.
The defendant was indicted for the crime of abortion as defined by section 294 of the Penal Code. The indictment contains two counts. The first charges the use of the instruments by the defendant upon the body of one Lillie M. Cook, with intent to produce a miscarriage, and he is charged in the second count with prescribing and causing to. be administered to her a certain medicine, drug or substance, with the same intent. The case was submitted to the jury under both counts, who rendered a general verdict of guilty. The court in its charge instructed the jury in substaince that…
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