Zutz v. State

Bramhall, J.:

Defendant was tried and convicted in the Superior Court of New Castle County under 11 Del. C. § 301, for the crime of abortion in that with intent to cause a miscarriage of one Christine Miller, a pregnant woman, by the use of an instrument, a long rubber tube, and an instrument with protruding wires, he endeavored to accomplish an abortion, said act not being necessary to preserve her life.

In support of the indictment the State offered testimony to prove the following:

John Campbell, hy whom Mrs. Miller was with child, telephoned defendant, informing him. that a friend of his was…