Jarrell v. State

CALHOUN, Judge.

— Appellant was convicted of the unlawful practice of medicine; punishment, a fine of $50 and one minute in jail.

The state offered Mrs. Ed. Hudgins as a witness and she testified substantially as- follows: “I know Dr. D. H. Jarrell who lives at Hale Center, Hale County, Texas. I have been in his office. He did not treat me for any disease but gave me what I call spinal adjustments; he adjusted the vertebrae of my spinal column with his fingers. I was suffering with rheumatism and liver trouble, and he did me good. He gave me the adjustments, I think, about six times. I paid him…