People v. Stanko

This is a writ of error to the criminal court of Cook County seeking to reverse a judgment sentencing the plaintiff in error, Helen Stanko, herein designated as defendant, to the Illinois Women’s Reformatory for a term of from 5 to 10 years, based upon a verdict of a jury finding the defendant guilty of attempting to procure an abortion on one Clara Liepski,

The testimony of the prosecuting witness disclosed that she was advised by a physician on December 1, 1947, that she was pregnant. Thereafter, on December 8, 1947, she went to the home of the defendant and asked the defendant to examine…