“Every person who shall administer to any woman pregnant with a quick child, any medicine, drug, or substance whatever, or shall use or employ any instrument, or other means, with intent thereby to destroy such child, unless the same shall have been necessary to preserve the life of such mother, shall, in case the death of such child or of such mother be thereby produced, on conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than twenty years, nor less than one year.
“Every person who shall administer to any pregnant woman, or to any woman whom he supposes to be pregnant, any medicine, drug, or substance whatever, or shall use or employ any instrument, or other means, thereby to procure the miscarriage of such woman, unless the same is necessary to preserve her life, shall, on conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, nor less than one year, or be imprisoned in the county jail not more than twelve months, nor less than one month, and be fined in any sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.” Statutes of the Territory of Washington, 1855, p. 81.
[188] Compiled Statutes of Vermont, 1850, chap. 108, p. 560.
[189] Supplement to the Revised Statutes of Massachusetts, 1849, p. 322.
[190] Statutes of Illinois, 1858, vol. i. p. 381.
[191] Revised Statutes of Wisconsin, 1858, chap. 169, sect. 58. It will be noticed that the second section of the above statute differs from the first, in not requiring the proof of pregnancy.
[192] Code of Virginia, 1849, chap. 191, p. 724.
[193] Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1856, i. chap. 50, p. 567.
[194] Code of Alabama, 1852, sect. 3230, p. 582.
[195] Revised Statutes of Louisiana, 1856, p. 138. By its wording, this statute might be forced into the next division.