Potman v. State

Sec. 351.24, Stats., provides:

“Any woman who shall conceal the death of any issue of her body which, if born alive, would be an illegitimate child, so that it may not be known whether such issue was born alive or not or whether it was not murdered, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year nor less than six months, or by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars nor less than one hundred dollars.”

Upon the trial undisputed evidence established that after an accident on June 19, 1950, defendant’s automobile was taken to a garage for repairs; that the keys were…