State v. Jones
New York Court of General Session of the Peace
Indictment for Abortion The indictment contained four counts, the first three of which were relied upon by the State, and were as follows: “ September Term, 1902. “ New Castle County, ss.
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Indictment for Abortion The indictment contained four counts, the first three of which were relied upon by the State, and were as follows: “ September Term, 1902. “ New Castle County, ss. “ The Gband Inquest fob the State of Delaware, and the body of New Castle County, on their oath and affirmation, respectively, Do Present : “That Jesse K. Jones late of Brandywine Hundred, in the nounty aforesaid, on the seventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two, with force and arms, at the hundred aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, unlawfully, feloniously, and with the…
1Opinion of the Court
Lore, C. J.:
—The majority of the Court hold that the first two counts of this indictment are sufficient. The second section of the statute (Rev. Code 930), under which this indictment is framed, is as follows:
“ Section 2. Every person who, with the intent to procure the miscarriage of any pregnant women or women supposed by such person to be pregnant, unless the same be necessary to preserve her life, shall administer to her, advise, or prescribe for her, or cause to be taken by her any poison, drug, medicine, or other noxious thing, or shall use any instrument or other, means whatsoever, or…
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