People v. Vedder
New York Supreme Court
Appeal by Alfred F. Vedder, defendant, from a judgment of the Court of Sessions of Albany county, of April 18, 1884, convicting him of the crime of abortion. The defendant, together with James A. Patterson, was indicted by the grand jury of Albany county, under section 294 of the Penal Code, charging that they used instruments upon the body of one Annie A. Walters to procure her miscarriage. There are five counts in the indictment.
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Appeal by Alfred F. Vedder, defendant, from a judgment of the Court of Sessions of Albany county, of April 18, 1884, convicting him of the crime of abortion. The defendant, together with James A. Patterson, was indicted by the grand jury of Albany county, under section 294 of the Penal Code, charging that they used instruments upon the body of one Annie A. Walters to procure her miscarriage. There are five counts in the indictment. The first charges the defendants with using wires and bent rods. The second count, with using and causing certain instruments, to the jury unknown, to be used in…
1Opinion of the CourtLearned, P. J.
The request of the defendant’s counsel refused by the court was, that the court should charge “ that the finding of the tools in Mr. Patterson’s office is not any evidence of corroboration of Annie Walters on this question of the committing an abortion, as against Mr. T.”
Two things were to be proved. 1. The commission of the abortion. 2. The connection of Tedder with the act.
If the finding of the tools tended to the corroborate Annie Walters on the former, the proof was admissible. If admissible it was admissible against Mr. Tedder.
Had the defendant’s counsel asked the court to charge that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- People v. CostelloCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- Frazer v. PeopleNew York Supreme Court · 1863