Commonwealth v. Kelsea

Opinion by

Trexi.be, P. J.,

The defendant was charged that he “unlawfully and feloniously did administer to one......, a woman pregnant or quick with child, certain drugs or other substances and did then and there unlawfully and feloniously use upon the body of her, the said......, certain instruments and other means, with intent to procure the miscarriage of her, the said.......”

This was substantially charging the crime in the language of the 88th section of the Act of March 31, 1860, P. L. 382, which makes it a crime to attempt to procure an abortion, but there were added the words “and did…