State v. Fiske
Supreme Court of Vermont
Indictment under R. L.,. s. 4249, in two counts. Heard upon general demurrer at the September term, 1893, Washington county, Rowell, J., presiding. Demurrer overruled. The respondent excepts.
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Indictment under R. L.,. s. 4249, in two counts. Heard upon general demurrer at the September term, 1893, Washington county, Rowell, J., presiding. Demurrer overruled. The respondent excepts. The substantial part of the first count alleged that the respondent “Feloniously and knowingly did cause to be made public by print and writing words and language that gave notice and information where advice and information and medicine and direction might be obtained for the purpose of causing and procuring the miscarriage of a pregnant women, which print and writing is of the tenor following, that is…
1Opinion of the CourtTaft, J.
This indictment is in two counts,, the first, charging the respondent with making public by print and writing words and language that gave notice and information where advice might be obtained for the purpose of procuring the miscarriage of a pregnant woman; the second, that he did publish and circulate, and cause to be published and circulated, a certain writing containing words and language of the same tenor as stated in the first count. The print and writing is set forth in each count. The respondent under a general demurrer contends that the indictment is insufficient. The prosecution…
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