Maier v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Hill. Tried below before the Honorable R. T. Burns. Appeal from a conviction of illegally practicing medicine without filing the proper certificate, etc.; penalty, a fine of $50 and one hour in jail. The opinion states the case. On question of sufficiency of the indictment: Byrd v. State, 72 Texas Crim. Rep., 242; Young v. State, 61 id., 440.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, PrUSidiNG Judgu.
The indictment charges that the appellant “did then and there unlawfully engage in the practice of medicine and offer to engage in the practice of medicine for hire upon a human being, to-wit: upon Mrs. Guy Hooker without having registered in the office of the District Clerk ... a certificate,” etc. The indictment was properly drawn under Chapter 6, Title 12 of the Penal Code. The original indictment accompanies the record in support of the contention, that on its face it bears evidence of such alteration or interlineation as to vitiate it. The instrument is…
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