State v. Snyder
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque District Court. — J. W. Kintzinger, Judge. Indictment for murder in the second degree. There was a verdict of guilty, and judgment entered thereon. The defendant has appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
l. Indictment AND INFORMATION : needless allegations: abortion. The defendant was a practicing physician in Dubuque, on and prior to November 19, 1917. The indictment charged him with the violation of Section 4759 of the Code, in that he unlawfully attempted to produce an abortion upon Grace Wolf, and thereby inflicted upon her injuries from which she died. The errors relied on for reversal are based largely upon the instructions of the court.
Section 4759, as it was before its amendment by the thirty-sixth general assembly, was as follows:
“If any person, with intent to produce the miscarriage…
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