The PEOPLE v. Smuk

On January 31, 1956, Dr. John E. Smuk, in the criminal court of Cook County, was found guilty by a jury, of abortion. The usual post-trial motions were overruled, whereupon the defendant was sentenced to the Illinois State Penitentiary for a term of not less than one year and a maximum term of five years. Writ of error lands the cause in this court for review.

The prosecution relied principally upon the testimony of Mary Karageorge to sustain the charge contained in a two-count indictment alleging that the defendant and one Catherine Heidman on January 28, 1954, did feloniously use certain…