Williams v. State

This appeal comes from the Criminal Court of Shelby County, Tennessee. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court; that is, plaintiffs in error Marilyn Edna Williams, alias “Lynn Snyder”, and John Panl Phillips, as defendants, and defendant in error as the State.

On May 28, 1964, the defendants were indicted for feloniously using and employing a certain instrument or instruments suitable for the purpose of producing an abortion with the intent to procure a miscarriage of Elsie Louise Dunavant, a woman, the same not having been done with a view to preserving the life of…