People v. Collins

SCOTT, J., pro tem.

Defendant, a chiropractor, was convicted of the crime of abortion (Pen. Code, sec. 274). He appeals from the judgment and order denying motion for new trial on two grounds: (1) insufficiency of evidence, especially lack of corroboration of the patient and her husband, who were accomplices, and (2) misconduct of the trial court.

Mrs. Brant testified that when she went to defendant’s office she told him she was pregnant, that she paid defendant $35 and that he performed certain acts which constituted an abortion. Both she and her husband testified that was the purpose of the…