The Law Reports (King's Bench Division)
[1939] 1 KB 687
[COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL]
THE KING
v.
BOURNE.
1938 July 18,
19.
MACNAGHTEN J.
Criminal law
— Procuring miscarriage
— Defence that operation was to save life of mother
— Probable effect of continuing pregnancy physical and mental wreck of mother
— “For the purpose of preserving the life of the mother”
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Offences Against the Person Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 100), s. 58.