Lee v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for misdemeanor; from Chatham superior court— Judge Charlton. July 9, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
Dr. Lee was convicted of violating the act of August 22, 1907 (Ga. Laws 1907, p. 121) ’ regulating the sale of narcotic drugs. It was charged that he, being a practitioner of medicine, liad prescribed cocaine for Frances Townsend, an habitual user of the drug, not in good faith and not as a substance deemed necessary for the treatment of her (Frances Townsend) as a patient under his professional care, but had prescribed it for her in evasion of the act above cited. It is to be kept in mind that under the terms of the statute, druggists can not sell the drugs named therein, including cocaine,…
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