Commonwealth v. Allen

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Settle

Certifying law.

The grand jury of Logan county found and returned in the circuit court of that county an indictment against the appellee, John H. Allen, accusing him of the crime of abortion. Omitting the merely formal parts of the indictment, its description of the acts constituting the crime charged is as follows:

“The said Allen . . . did unlawfully, wilfully and f elonously use a metal instrument, a spoon or sound, a more particular description of which is to the grand jury unknown, upon the body and person of his wife, Sallie Mildred Allen, who was at the…