Tonnahill v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Hill County; Horton B. Porter, Judge. Sam Tonnahill was convicted of abortion, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDavidson, P. J.
The conviction was for abortion charged to have been committed by *517administration of a drug. The theory of the state and testimony of the prosecutrix were that appellant gave to the prosecutrix a certain medicine which was subsequently used by her in producing the abortion. She said that when he handed her the medicine he told her to keep it, and he would tell her when it was time to take it, or to keep it until she heard from him, and that she afterwards heard from him, and that some time after hearing from him she took the medicine. She claimed to have received a letter from him, saying:
“I…
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