Crichton v. United States

MARTIN, Chief Justice.

Appeal from a judgment of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.

The appellant, MacPherson Crichton, was convicted and sentenced in the lower court upon an indictment charging him with a violation of section 809 of the Code of the District of Columbia (D.C.Code 1929, T. 6, § 33), which section reads as follows:

"Whoever, with intent to procure the miscarriage of any woman, prescribes or administers to her any medicine, drug, or substance whatever, or with like intent uses any instrument or means, unless when necessary to preserve her life or…