The People v. Schaffner

The defendant, Nathaniel Schaffner, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook county for the murder of Emma Laisure while attempting to produce an abortion. A jury found him guilty and fixed his punishment at fourteen years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. Defendant prosecutes this writ of error. s

Recital of certain undisputed facts at the outset, we believe, will be helpful for a proper understanding of the issues. Emma Laisure, twenty-seven years old, the wife of Earl Laisure, a taxicab driver, and the mother of two children, died July 7, 1941, on the occasion of her third visit to…