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CRICHTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 6908.

92 F.2d 224 (1937)

CRICHTON v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided June 7, 1937.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Leahy, William J. Hughes, Jr., and Dorsey K. Offutt, all of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Leslie C. Garnett, David A. Pine, and Irvin I. Goldstein, all of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB, VAN ORSDEL, GRONER, and STEPHENS, Associate Justices.

MARTIN, Chief Justice.

Appeal from a judgment of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.

The appellant, MacPherson Crichton, was convicted and sentenced in the lower court upon an indictment charging him with a violation of section 809 of the Code of the District of Columbia (D.C.Code 1929, T. 6, § 33), which section reads as follows:

"Whoever, with intent to procure the miscarriage of any woman, prescribes or administers...

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