Dowdy v. State

The appellant was convicted of inducing or attempting to induce abortion, miscarriage, or premature delivery of a woman; said offense is defined in section 6215, Code 1907, as amended by an act approved April 21, 1911 (Acts 1991, p. 548).

Demurrers were interposed to counts 1 and 2 of the indictment. The court gave the general affirmative charge for the defendant as to count 1; it is therefore unnecessary to consider the demurrers to that count. If it be conceded that count 1 was defective when there is a good count and a bad count in an indictment, a general verdict of conviction will be…