State v. Keester

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

Defendant was convicted of manslaughter in the-first degree, and appeals. The death was the result of an abortion.

Defendant testified he was a physician and surgeon who had been practicing in Wichita since 1894. He admitted coroners’ juries had twice found him guilty of death of girls caused by abortions he had performed. He was twice tried for manslaughter committed by means of abortion. In one case he was acquitted. In the other he was convicted of first-degree manslaughter, but the judgment was reversed because he was only charged with…