Commonwealth v. Byrd
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 138, April T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Somerset Co., May Sessions, 1915, No. 40, on Verdict for plaintiff in case of Commonwealth v. R. L. Byrd.
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Appeal, No. 138, April T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Somerset Co., May Sessions, 1915, No. 40, on Verdict for plaintiff in case of Commonwealth v. R. L. Byrd. Indictment for practicing medicine without a license in violation of the Acts of June 3, 1911, P. L. 639, and July 25,1913, P. L. 1220. The indictment charged that the defendant did wrongfully and unlawfully publicly profess to be a physician and surgeon, and did publicly profess to cure and heal diseases, nervous disorders, displacements, injuries, and ailments by means of a certain system and treatment having the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, P. J.,
The learned court below overruled motions for a new trial, and in arrest of judgment in an opinion which convincingly answers' the argument of the appellant.
The investigation of the question involved, is of special importance, as it affects the general policy of our laws regulating the great systems of medicine and surgery. The reason .and necessity for such enactments are well stated in the preamble to the Act of June 3, 1911, P. L. *110639, viz: “Whereas, the safety of the citizens of this Commonwealth is endangered by incompetent physicians and surgeons, and a due…
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