Carter v. State

This was an indictment against William Carter, containing two counts. The first charged him with the murder of Manila Reed. The second charged him with administering to said Mariila “ divers deadly and noxious drugs and poisons, with the intent then and there *618to procure the miscarriage of the said Marilla Reed, and willfully and feloniously,” &c., “ to kill and murder the child of which she was pregnant; by means whereof the said Marilla became diseased; and of which disease she languished and died.” The defendant was convicted upon the second count and sentenced to the state prison. It is…