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STATE v. STROUD

No. 508.

119 S.E.2d 907 (1961)

254 N.C. 765

STATE v. Charles Kenneth STROUD and John Henry Miller.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 24, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. W. Bruton, Atty. Gen., H. Horton Rountree, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charlotte, for the State.

Henry E. Fisher, Charlotte, Llewellyn & McKenzie, Concord, for defendants, appellants.

HIGGINS, Justice.

The defendants were jointly indicted and jointly tried for murder. Both were convicted of manslaughter. According to the medical evidence, Anna Ruth Bass Ammons "* * * died directly as a result of pulmonary air embolism. * * * It (death) was directly caused by an attempted abortion * * * Pulmonary air embolism is always followed immediately by death, in a matter of seconds. * * * There are many ways, seven or eight, in which air may get into the...

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