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Shirley Wheeler's Case Is a Classic in Datona Beach, Florida
Horace smith still practises law in datona beach. Horace thinks the police showed up at shirley and robert's apartment to get her to tell them who'd performed her abortion. But shirley wouldn't say anything. I'm not sure if that's because she didn't want to tell, or if she honestly didn't know. If she didn't tell out of principle, that would have been pretty norm women rarely sold out the doctors and nurses whod helped them when they were in such desperate need. The cops responded to shirley's refusal by putting her in jail. According to a news account, shirley got dizzy and fainted her
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