Commonwealth v. Meyers

Per Curiam,

The appellant was indicted and tried for abortion. She was found guilty on the first count for unlawfully using an instrument with intent to procure a miscarriage. She was sentenced to pay a fine of f250 and the costs of prosecution, and to be committed to the Pennsylvania Industrial Home for Women at Muncy, Lycoming County, for a period of not less than two and a half years nor more than five years. She appealed from the sentence to this court.

The Act creating the State Industrial Home for Women, located at Muncy, (Act of July 25, 1913, P. L. 1311, as amended by Acts of May 14,…