State v. Jeannet

The defendant Fred Jeannet, a chiropractic, was indicted, tried and convicted in Multnomah County, Oregon, upon a charge of manslaughter — abortion, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not to exceed three years. From such judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

The testimony introduced by the state was to the effect that the decedent, Violet M. Givens, who was pregnant, went with her husband, Earl Givens, from their home in Salem to Portland for the purpose of having an abortion performed. The defendant testified that Mrs. Givens first came alone to his office at about 12:00 noon…