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People v. Hammer

232 N.Y. 564 Court N.Y. Decision date 1921-12-16 English

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Julius Hammer, Appellant.

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Crimes — manslaughter — abortion — conviction for manslaughter in first degree affirmed.
People v. Hammer, 194 App. Div. 712 , affirmed.
(Argued November 30, 1921;
decided December 16, 1921.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the . Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered January 14, 1921, which affirmed a judgment of
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the Bronx County Court rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendant, a physician, of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree in causing the death of a woman through an operation intended to bring on a miscarriage.
Francis M. Scott for appellant.
Manning Stires and Bernard S. Barron, amici curiae.
Edward J. Glennon, District Attorney {Albert Cohn and William F. Quigley of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment affirmed; no opinion.

Concur: His cock, Ch. J., Cardozo, Pound and Andrews, JJ. Dissent: McLaughlin and Crane, JJ. Not voting: Hogan, J.

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