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  "id": 1894447,
  "name": "State v. Ellis; State v. Conner",
  "name_abbreviation": "State v. Ellis",
  "decision_date": "1884-05",
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  "first_page": "93",
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    "parties": [
      "State v. Ellis. State v. Conner."
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Smith, J.\nThese two indictments were, the one against the mother ot a bastard child for endeavoring to conceal its death, and the other against an accessory for aiding and abetting her. The first charged that the defendant, \u201c after having given birth to a bastard child, did feloniously and unlawfully conceal the death of said bastard child, so that its death might not come to light;\u201d and in a second count that she did by the procurement and assistance of one A. W. Conner, feloniously and unlawfully, privately conceal the death of the issue of her said body, said issue then and there being a bastard, so that its death might not come to light \u201d \u201cThe second indictment charged that Connor did unlawfully and feloniously assist and procure the said Mary Ellis to conceal privately, the death of said bastard child'which was the issue of her body, so that its death might not come to light.\u201d To both indictments demurrers were sustained, because the facts set forth do not constitute a public offence; the charge being vague, indefinite, uncertain and ambiguous.\nAccording to all of the precedents and authorities, the indictment for this offence must expressly and distinctly allege the child to be dead, although it need not state whether it died before, at, or after its birth; nor in what manner, or by what acts the mother endeavored to conceal its death. Here is no direct averment of the child\u2019s death, nor is its death noted, except in the averment of its concealment. Nothing can be taken by intendment or by way of recital, to supply the want of certainty m an indictment.\nBishop on Statutory Crimes, Sec. 778; Russell on Crimes, 8 Am. Ed., 574; Douglass v. Commonwealth, 2, S. & R., 40.\nAffirmed.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Smith, J."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Moore, Att\u2019y Gen\u2019l, for State."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "State v. Ellis. State v. Conner.\n1. Indictment ; For concealing death of bastard child.\nAn indictment for concealing the death of a bastard child must expressly and distinctly allege the child to be dead ; but it need not state whether the child died before, at, or after its birth, nor how the mother endeavored to conceal its death.\nAPPEALS from Carroll Circuit Court,\nlion. J. M. Pittman, Circuit Judge.\nMoore, Att\u2019y Gen\u2019l, for State.\nThe indictment is in the language of the statute and good. Gantt\u2019s Dig., Sec. 1275."
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