McClure v. State

The appellant, Dr. G. R. McClnre, was indicted by the Grand Jury of Greene county, the charging part of the indictment reading as follows: “The said Dr. G. R. McClure in Greene County, Arkansas, did on the 7th day of May, 1947, unlawfully, willfully and felon-iously, while engaged in the practice of medicine, aid, abet and assist in the commission of an abortion upon one Aliene Janes, which abortion was not produced for the purpose, of saving the life of the said Aliene Janes against the peace and dignity of the State of Arkansas.”

At,the trial of the case the jury found the appellant guilty…