Stevens v. People

Plaintiff in error was convicted of the crime of abortion, in the circuit court of Lee county. The indictment was drawn under section 3 of the Criminal Code, and charged that plaintiff in error and one Clyde A. Grove, on April 5, 1904, by the use of instruments and medicines, caused one Alma Barnhard, a woman then pregnant with child, to abort and miscarry, when the producing of said abortion or miscarriage was not necessary for the preservation of her life, and that the death of the said Alma Barnhard resulted therefrom. The indictment included the charges of murder, manslaughter and…