The defendant, J.A. Taylor, a negro physician, was charged by information in the district court of Muskogee county, Okla., with the crime of having performed an abortion upon Bobbie Markham, a white girl, in the city of Muskogee, on July 17, 1947. The defendant entered a plea of not guilty to the charge, was tried, and convicted by a jury which left the infliction of punishment up to the court. The trial court...
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