State v. Long

The defendant, a physician, was indicted and tried for unlawfully and willfully making and issuing to one W. Short a prescription for intoxicating liquor, dated January 13, 1913 and numbered 262369 by the druggist who filled it. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and assessed a fine of $50. Judgment being rendered thereon, defendant appealed.

It was shown in evidence that Short, the man to whom the prescription was issued and who got the whiskey therein called for, was addicted to the habitual use of intoxicating liquor as a beverage; that not a day had passed for fifteen years prior to the…