Legal Opinion

Lamb v. State

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided December 17, 1886PublishedCited by 30 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. The case is stated in the opinion of this Court. The Circuit Court (Fowler, J.) before whom the case was tried without the intervention of a jury, found that the traverser was not guilty on the first count, hut guilty on the second count in the indictment.

1Opinion of the Court

Stone, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.,In this case the defendant Lamb, was indicted in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County for attempting to procure a miscarriage and abortion upon a certain Rachel A. Taylor.

There are two counts in the indictment. The first count charges the defendant with knowingly and wilfully furnishing to Rachel A. Taylor, a pregnant woman, certain drugs and medicines for the purpose of producing an abortion.

The second count charges the defendant with advising and soliciting Rachel A. Taylor to take certain drugs and medicines for the purpose of producing an…

2Cited by30 opinions

  1. Luery v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1911
  2. MacEwen v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1979
  3. People v. HobbsIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
  4. Stewart v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1978
  5. Meno v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1912

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