The People v. Young

Defendant, James M. Young, was indicted for the crime of abortion by the grand jury of Henry County. A motion to quash was overruled. He pleaded not guilty, and upon a trial by a jury was found guilty. A motion for new trial was overruled, and the defendant was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than one year nor more than three years.

The defendant is sixty years of age, and had practiced medicine in 'Annawan, Illinois, for more than thirty years. His practice for many years was surgery, but about five years ago he was so severely injured in an automobile accident that he…