Armstong v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oe Error to the Circuit Court of Rock Island county; the Hon. Ira 0. Wilkinson, Judge, presiding. This was an indictment in the court below against William W. Armstrong for feloniously administering, to a woman then pregnant with child, certain drugs and liquids with intent to procure a miscarriage.
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Writ oe Error to the Circuit Court of Rock Island county; the Hon. Ira 0. Wilkinson, Judge, presiding. This was an indictment in the court below against William W. Armstrong for feloniously administering, to a woman then pregnant with child, certain drugs and liquids with intent to procure a miscarriage. The verdict of the jury was as follows: “ The People of the State of Illinois v. William W. Armstrong; We the jury in the above case find the defendant guilty, and fix his term of imprisonment in the penitentiary at two years, together with a fine of one hundred dollars.” The court adopted…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was an indictment in the Bock Island Circuit Court against the plaintiff in error for feloniously administering to a woman then pregnant with child, certain drugs and liquids, with intent to procure a miscarriage.
The indictment was found under section 46 of the criminal code which is in these words : Every person who shall administer or cause to be administered or taken any such poison, substance or liquid with intention to procure the miscarriage of any woman then being with child, and shall thereof be duly convicted, shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three years in the…
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