BAIN v. COMMONWEALTH


330 S.W.2d 400 (1959)

Flora M. BAIN, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 18, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Connell, Paris, for appellant.

Jo M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., Seth T. Boaz, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


BIRD, Judge.

Flora M. Bain was found guilty of criminal abortion. Her punishment was fixed by a jury at a fine of $500 and one year in the state penitentiary. She appeals.

For reversal she insists that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict.

The defendant was not a physician. The victim, a young woman, testified that the defendant operated on her with certain instruments at a time when she was pregnant. She also testified that she became...

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