People v. Ballard

This is an appeal from a judgment and order denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial upon two counts of abortion.

In count II of an information filed by the district attorney of Los Angeles County the defendant was charged with performing an abortion upon Martha Frances Gresham on June 10, 1957, and in count III thereof he was charged with performing an abortion on Alice Hankerson Frank on July 12, 1957. A jury heard the evidence and found the defendant guilty on both counts. The defendant’s motion for a new trial was denied. The defendant was sentenced to the state prison, the sentences…