Legal Opinion
State v. Pennoyer
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided June 5, 1889PublishedCited by 18 opinions
Indictment, for practising medicine without a license. The defendant moved to quash.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
“It shall not be lawful for any person to practise medicine . . . unless such person shall have obtained a license from some medical society organized under the laws of this state .
“Every medical society organized under the laws of this state shall . . . elect a board of censors consisting of three members, . . . which board shall have authority to examine and license persons to practise medicine. . . . The board shall issue licenses without examination to all persons who furnish evidence by diploma from some medical school authorized to confer degrees in medicine . . . when said board is…
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