State v. Bridges

HOUSER, Commissioner.

This is an appeal by William Cullen Bridges, a licensed physician, who was indicted under § 559.100 1 and convicted by a jury of manslaughter, by procuring an abortion on Rose Davenport, a pregnant 13-year-old female.

The first question is whether the indictment is sufficient to support this conviction. Under Criminal Rule 28.02, V.A.M.R. this Court is required to render judgment on the sufficiency of the indictment upon the record before us, whether or not the question is raised by assignment of error. (It was raised by defendant by a preliminary motion to dismiss the…