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CORTEZ v. STATE

No. 27175.

275 S.W.2d 123 (1954)

Emma CORTEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied February 9, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold L. Hall, E. B. Simmons, San Antonio, Sam J. Dotson, San Antonio, on the motion for rehearing only, for appellant.

Austin F. Anderson, Criminal Dist. Atty., Roy R. Barrera, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., San Antonio, Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is abortion; the punishment, 2 years.

Prosecutrix, the mother of one child, testified that, in company with her husband and her mother-in-law, she went to the clinic operated by appellant and her husband for the purpose of having an abortion performed upon her; that on the first day a price of $125 was agreed upon but was later reduced to $100; that the appellant employed an instrument to open her womb, inserted a rubber tube and...

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