State v. Rankin

The information charges the accused with the crime of abortion. He was bound over to tho criminal term of the Superior Court held on September 16th, 1924. On September 17th, 1924, the accused appeared in court, plead to the information 'not guilty,’ and at the same time elected to be tried by the court instead of the jury, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 267, § 2, of the Public Acts of 1921, which provides: "In all criminal cases, prosecutions and proceedings the party accused may, if he shall so elect when called upon to plead, be tried by the court instead of by the jury; and in such…