Legal Opinion

State v. Russell

Washington Supreme Court

Decided April 1, 1916No. 13132PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Ronald, J., entered May 4, 1915, upon a trial and conviction of abortion.

1Opinion of the CourtMorris, C. J.

Appeal from a conviction upon an information charging abortion by the use of certain instruments. The first error charges a defect in the information in failing to allege the manner in which the instruments were used. This same error was urged and overruled in State v. Gaul, 88 Wash. 295, 152 Pac. 1029, it there being held that the information need not allege the name of the instrument nor the manner of its use. What is said in the Gaul case, and the authorities there cited, disposes of this contention, and the information is sustained.

It is next urged that the lower court erred in sustaining…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. TibbettsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
  2. Eggart v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1898
  3. Commonwealth v. TaylorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
  4. Commonwealth v. FollansbeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
  5. State v. GaulWashington Supreme Court · 1915

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. HartWashington Supreme Court · 1946
  2. People v. EmeryCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1947
  3. Rinker v. State Board of Medical ExaminersCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1943
  4. Russell v. DibbleWashington Supreme Court · 1924
  5. Grimes v. KennedyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1963

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