Schaeffer v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
EekoR to review a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county; Eugene S. Elliott, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff in error was arrested, tried, and convicted in the police court of Milwaukee upon a complaint which is as follows: “John W. Coon, being first duly sworn, on oath complains to the police court of the city of Milwaukee that Fravh X. Schaeffer, on the 28th day of April, A. D. 1900, at the said city of Milwaukee, in said county, did then and there unlawfully…
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EekoR to review a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county; Eugene S. Elliott, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff in error was arrested, tried, and convicted in the police court of Milwaukee upon a complaint which is as follows: “John W. Coon, being first duly sworn, on oath complains to the police court of the city of Milwaukee that Fravh X. Schaeffer, on the 28th day of April, A. D. 1900, at the said city of Milwaukee, in said county, did then and there unlawfully practice medicine and surgery, and did then and there hold himself out to the public as a physician and surgeon, and did…
1Opinion of the Court
Baedeen, T.
The statutes in relation to persons practicing medicine and surgery in this state are in considerable confusion. We shall not attempt to untangle them in this case. It seems to be admitted that this prosecution was brought under secs. 1436 and 4603a, Stats. 1898. The first section mentioned provides, in substance, that no person practicing physic or surgery shall have the right to collect fees for his services or testify in a professional capacity in any case “unless he, before the 20th day of April, 1897, received a diploma from some incorporated medical society or college, or…
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