State v. Strode

*722The opinion of the court was delivered by ,

Johnston, C. J.:

This is a prosecution under R. S. 65-615. The ■defendant was arrested and prosecuted for the unlawful possession of narcotics. He was convicted, and hamng been previously convicted of a felony the penalty was increased.

His defense was that he obtained a prescription from a doctor who said he had been practicing medicine for twenty years. He applied to Doctor Ransom for a remedy for arthritis. With a prescription given him he obtained twenty tablets. ■ The doctor testified that defendant had contracted a cold,- had- a high fever and…