“ II. And whereas it may sometimes happen that poison or some other destructive or noxious and destructive substance or thing may be given, or other means used, with intent to procure miscarriage or abortion where the woman may not be quick with child at the time, or it may not be proved that she was quick with child ”

“ An Act for the further prevention of malicious shooting and attempting to discharge loaded fire-arms, stabbing, cutting, wounding, poisoning and the malicious using of means to procure the miscarriage of women; and also the malicious setting fire to buildings; and also for repealing a certain Act, made in England in the twenty-first year of the late King James the First, intituled An act to prevent the destroying and murthering of bastard children ”