The People v. Cheney

C. L. Cheney was indicted in DeKalb county for causing the death of Marian Buck by abortion. A jury found him guilty of manslaughter and this court reviews the record upon his writ of error.

Dr. Cheney, aged sixty-one, had been a practicing physician in DeKalb for nearly thirty-five years. Marian Buck, unmarried and twenty-four years old, worked as a domestic in Dixon, and visited her home in Franklin.Grove about once a week. While keeping company with Lyle Zeigler, a factory employee, she became pregnant. In the latter part of January, 1936, Marian visited defendant at his office on two…