Moore v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The indictment charged appellant with producing an abortion upon one Mollie Smith, on the 20th day of February, 189'7. It contained three counts, but the case was submitted to the jury only upon the first and third counts. The first count charged substantially that the accused administered to Millie Smith, a pregnant woman, with her consent, á drug and medicine calculated to produce abortion; and did procure the abortion by means of said drug and medicine.
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The indictment charged appellant with producing an abortion upon one Mollie Smith, on the 20th day of February, 189'7. It contained three counts, but the case was submitted to the jury only upon the first and third counts. The first count charged substantially that the accused administered to Millie Smith, a pregnant woman, with her consent, á drug and medicine calculated to produce abortion; and did procure the abortion by means of said drug and medicine. The third count charged appellant with making an assault upon Mollie Smith, a pregnant woman, and did unlawfully, etc., with her consent,…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of abortion, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of five years, and prosecutes this appeal. The indictment was in three counts. The first count charged that appellant committed the abortion by the administration to the prosecutrix, Mollie Smith, of a drug and medicine; and the second count charged that appellant committed an abortion upon said prosecutrix by means of forcing into her womb and private parts a certain metallic instrument, calculated to produce abortion, etc.; and the third count charged that…
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- Commonwealth v. ThompsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
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- State v. GessertSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
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