State v. Morton
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Roberts County. Hon. Thomas L,. Bouck, Judge. The defendant, G. M. Morton, was convicted of the offense of unlawfully furnishing' a prescription' for intoxicating liquors, to he used as a ‘beverage, etc., and he appeals. (3.) To point three of the opinion, Respondent cited: Peo. v. Loómis, (Mich.) 126 N. W. 985, 987.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCOY, J.
[1] This appeal was taken from a judgment of the circuit court of Roberts county convicting the defendant, a practicing physician, of unlawfully furnishing to one Hougen a prescription for intoxicating liquor to be used as a beverage, and not for medicinal purposes. Among other things, the appellant assigns the insufficiency of the evidence to sustain verdict and judgment. It appears from the evidence that appellant, on the 1st day of July, 1915, issued and gave to Hougen a prescription for one-half pint of brandy, and which prescription recited that said brandy was to be used “for medicinal…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. SasseSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1894
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