The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-25

WARD COUNTY, NORTH
them what was to DO the line Of
defense. He said that the jury, wa
not to decide whether DR.. ,Moeller
had committed an abortion or not
but whether or not he had murder.
ed the girl, the charge ON which he
was being tried.
It must be plainly shown that tie
girl died from a wound inflicted 10y
Dr.. Moeller, in performing the ab.
ortion. lie said 1T Is not material
particularly whether the Doctor com
mitted an abortion or not, Il Is %
Sinkler said, It must be shown that
the girl was killed by q wound IN
iicted by the doctor when commit
ting that abortion. -
1T is an attempt to experiment
WITH jurisprudence-to make out OF
abortion the crime of murder. In
the opinion Of three doctors, (two
mad never seen a wount OF this
kind"-here the attorneys for the
state objected to the remakrs by
Judge Engerud on the grounds that
he was trying the case, and the
Judge overruied them, but warned
the Judge not to continue in this
line OF argument. 1--WE will attempt
to show you that the opiniosn ex-
pressed by the doctors TO rthe state
are unwarranted-not dishonesty
testimony from doctors Of from 10
to 80 years experience, who have
dealt with these kinds Of wounds
and who can speak from their oSn
experience, as weN as from what
thew have learned at school. We
will prove to you that the d1seas-
eli condition was the reason WY
the perforation happened, instead OF
the disease being the result OF the
oerforation. The disease could not
have resulted from puncture IN
aicted by Dr.. Moeller in that space
Of time. We Will further show you
the disease had been there tor
some time and that It was necessary
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Dr.. Newlove Of Minot was then
called in behalf OF the defense. The
doctor said he was 40 years Of age.
and had practiced for thirteen years
the last six in Minot. He had seen
tne young woman's body as It lay
on the table at the autopsy. He
said he nal taken particular notice
Of the puncture, and noticed that
the tissue about the wound seemed
dead, while around the dead tissue
was infamed tissue. Tha doctor
stated that such cases were COM
mon with general practitioner
and that ne had treated such cases,
where the wounds had already been
made. He believed the disease was
caused from infection. He spoke OF
noticing the small bones particularly
which had been forced thru the
puncture. One was from a half to
threeYourths OF an inch long. The
doctor said, 1T was not my opinion
that the perforation had been made
before the diseased condition had
taken place. It could not have been
IN that condition in that length Of
time. 1t had the appearance OF
something having been punctured
thru rotten tissue.
"Could 1t have resulted in space
Of So hours from the time the pune
ture took place? he was asked, and
answered 1T might be diseased but
not in that condition, in that time"
The doctor further stated that
the infection could have been In
herited by the daughter, or might
have been caused by herself with
the. use of some instrument. The
doctor further stated that no exam
nation had been made to determine
whether this was septic infection or
not He said that the examination
should have been made with mic
roscope.
The state cross examined the doc
tor Saturday forenoon and continu-