Gosnell v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Franklin Circuit Court, Ozark District. G S. Cunningham, Judge. Reviews the denistry act, section by section, and contends The act is void, becauses it proposes to make liable to fine, etc., an act not malum in se, unless conditions are complied with, which it is, or may be impossible for one to comply with.
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APPEAL from Franklin Circuit Court, Ozark District. G S. Cunningham, Judge. Reviews the denistry act, section by section, and contends The act is void, becauses it proposes to make liable to fine, etc., an act not malum in se, unless conditions are complied with, which it is, or may be impossible for one to comply with. Ibis a bill of pains and penalties; it makes it a crime to pursue a useful avocation; deprives a party of natural rights, as well as social rights; deprives him of his property without due process of law, and without compensation; and without opportunity to comply with the…
1Opinion of the CourtHughes, J.
Upon an indictment under the act of the General Assembly of 1887 (page 259), regulating the practice of dentistry in this State, appellant was convicted and fined, and appealed to this court.
The proof showed that he was a resident of the State and had been and was, at the date of the passage of the act, practicing dentistry in Franklin County, and that he failed to procure a certificate from the Board of Dental Examiners authorizing him to practice the same, in accordance with section five of said act, within three months after the passage of the same, and that he practiced dentistry on the…
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