State v. Geest

This action is brought to this court on exceptions of the county attorney to the ruling of the district court in a criminal prosecution.

Defendant was charged with practicing pharmacy without a license, in violation of chapter 167, Laws 1927. The record discloses that defendant was operating a retail grocery and therein displayed, offered for sale and sold acetyl salicylic acid, commonly called asperin, and that he had not obtained a pharmacist’s license from the state department of public welfare.

Section 120, ch. 167, Laws 1927, inter alia, provides: “Por the purpose of this article the…