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Williams v. State

Citations

  • 34 Fla. 217

Syllabus

<p>CRIMINAL LAW — MANSLAUGHTER BY DEATH OF UNBORN CHILD.</p> <p>The crime of manslaughter, under our statute, involved in the wilful killing of an unborn quick-child by injury to the mother, is sufficiently made out where the injury to the mother, that results in the death of the child, is inflicted upon her under such circumstances as would have made it murder had the injury resulted in the death of the mother instead, simply, of producing the death of the child.</p>

Judges: Taylor

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