State v. Lee

Defendant was indicted on a charge of attempting to produce an abortion by Joan Porter in violation of G.S. 14-45. Mrs. Porter testified that she employed defendant and paid him $35 to cause her to abort. She was then four or five months pregnant. Her description of what defendant did is sufficient to constitute the crime of which defendant was charged.

Defendant admitted he was employed and treated Mrs. Porter. He denied the employment was for the purpose charged, testifying he did not discover his patient was pregnant, and that the treatment given was to correct the position of her womb and…