Legal Opinion

State v. Crofford

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided March 5, 1907PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Appeal from Clarice District Court.— Hon. H. K. Evans, Judge. The defendant was convicted of the crime of murder ' in. the second degree, and appeals.—

1Opinion of the Court

Ladd, J.—

As the facts were fully stated on the former; • appeal (121 Iowa, 395), it will be enough now to advert to the circumstances briefly.

1 Abortion:conspiracy; evidence. Maude Stone entered the defendant’s sanitarium January 22 or 23, 1901,' and remained there until her death, six or seven days later. The charge is that she died as a result of an abortion unneces- * ' sarily produced by the defendant. The theory of the State is that this was done in pursuance of a con*480spiracy between the doctor, Ira Hammond, and Maude Stone. Appellant insists that the victim of an abortion cannot be a…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Spies v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Branch v. FaustIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
  3. Bloomer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1878
  4. Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
  5. Musser v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1901

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. People v. BuffumCalifornia Supreme Court · 1953
  2. United States v. HolteSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  3. State v. DunnSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1918
  4. State v. GilmoreSupreme Court of Iowa · 1911
  5. State v. TrippSupreme Court of Missouri · 1957

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