People v. Josselyn

The defendant was indicted for and convicted of the crime of attempting to produce an abortion on the body of one Elizabeth Locke. The proof shows that he was at the time of the alleged offense a practicing physician; and in the same indictment two other persons, to" wit: Cordelia Rooms and ■Charles Clarke, are accused of having advised and encouraged the defendant to commit the offense. .The defendant ■was separately tried, and on the trial the witness, Elizabeth Locke, was permitted to testify, against the objection .of the defendant, to the facts and circumstances of her illicit connection…