State v. Fitzporter

The defendant was indicted under section 1268, Revised Statutes, for using an instrument, the name of which was to the grand jurors unknown, upon the body of Annie Fanger, she being a pregnant woman, with intent to commit an abortion. He was found guilty, and his punishment was assessed at a fine of $500.

The testimony for the state tended to show that the defendant had, at the request of the prosecutrix, Annie Fanger, in consideration of divers sums of money by her paid to him, amounting to $95 in all, committed an abortion upon her by the use of a steel instrument. Testimony for the…