New Jersey · Case in reporter volume
State v. Cooper
New Jersey decision examining common-law criminal liability for attempted abortion before quickening and distinguishing conduct with the woman's consent from an assault without consent.
Checked source available. Collection target: Trenton 1851 publication
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court and the Court of Errors and Appeals of the State of New Jersey, Volume II
Trenton 1851 publication · 1851
Unaltered Google Books scan of Zabriskie volume II, corresponding to New Jersey Law Reports volume 22, with front matter, case reports, and the final index. State v. Cooper occupies printed pages 52–58. The title page identifies A. O. Zabriskie, volume II, Trenton, Phillips & Boswell, and 1851. Volume II of Zabriskie corresponds to volume 22 of New Jersey Law Reports. The case is reported under April Term 1849. No exact decision day is verified. A reporter footnote on printed page 58 states that the decision prompted legislation dated March 1, 1849. That chronology should not be silently reconciled by assigning a precise date. All cited pages, the title page, the case opening, and the next case opening were visually inspected. The complete 776-page volume has not been reviewed page by page. Printed page 52 includes the conclusion of Halsted, Ordinary, v. Fowler before State v. Eliakim Cooper begins. Printed page 59 begins Cole v. Taylor. The court sustained the indictment as sufficient to charge an assault. It stated that the defendant must be acquitted if the evidence showed the woman consented under the circumstances addressed. This source is not characterized as a constitutional holding. Google Books supplied machine OCR with frequent missing spaces. The page images control. The search text preserves the repository OCR.
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The title page identifies A. O. Zabriskie, volume II, Trenton, Phillips & Boswell, and 1851. Volume II of Zabriskie corresponds to volume 22 of New Jersey Law Reports.
The case is reported under April Term 1849. No exact decision day is verified. A reporter footnote on printed page 58 states that the decision prompted legislation dated March 1, 1849. That chronology should not be silently reconciled by assigning a precise date.
All cited pages, the title page, the case opening, and the next case opening were visually inspected. The complete 776-page volume has not been reviewed page by page.
Printed page 52 includes the conclusion of Halsted, Ordinary, v. Fowler before State v. Eliakim Cooper begins. Printed page 59 begins Cole v. Taylor.
The court sustained the indictment as sufficient to charge an assault. It stated that the defendant must be acquitted if the evidence showed the woman consented under the circumstances addressed. This source is not characterized as a constitutional holding.
Google Books supplied machine OCR with frequent missing spaces. The page images control. The search text preserves the repository OCR.