State v. Siekermann

HOUSER, Commissioner.

Harry W. Siekermann was charged by information and by a jury found guilty of abortion under § 559.100, and one prior conviction of felony (abortion), and was sentenced to serve a term of 5 years in the custody of the department of corrections. He has appealed from the judgment and sentence.

Prosecutrix, Lee Jane Meyer, mother of four children, testified to the following: suspecting pregnancy since she had never gone so long without menstruation unless pregnant, she went to her local doctor in a small town in central Missouri. A test indicated positive. She was advised she…