People v. Bell

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE CRAVEN

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant Bell was charged with abortion. Upon a jury trial he was convicted and sentenced to a term of not less than 6 nor more than 10 years in the state penitentiary. This appeal is from that conviction.

The defendant urges that the proof was insufficient to establish his guilt of abortion beyond a reasonable doubt and that error was committed in the trial of the case, the effect of which was to deny him a fair trial and, finally, that the abortion statute under which defendant was convicted is unconstitutional and void.

The…