Samples v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Whit of Ebbob to the.Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. Geobge W. Hebdman, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
David Samples and Uriah Samples were jointly indicted by the grand jury of Logan county, for the statutory offence of attempting to produce an abortion upon the person of Lucy E. Cole. Uriah Samples was not arrested, but David Samples was tried under the indictment, in the circuit court of Logan county, and found guilty, and sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of one year.
Upon the trial, Lucy E. Cole testified that she was pregnant by David Samples; that he promised her that he would procure his brother, Uriah Samples, to bring her ergot, with which to produce an abortion; that Uriah…
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