Tonnahill v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

The conviction was for abortion' charged to have been committed by administration of a drug.

The theory of the State and testimony of the prosecutrix were that appellant gave to the prosecutrix a certain medicine which was subsequently used by her in producing the abortion. She said that when he handed her the medicine he told her to keep it and he would tell her when it was time to take it, or to keep it until she heard from him; and that she afterwards heard from him and that some time after hearing from him she took the medicine. She claimed to have received a…