State v. Hollinshead
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: George N. Davis, Judge. Statement by Mr,. Justice Benson. Edwin Hollinshead was indicted for the violation of Section 2095, L. O. L., as amended by the legislature in 1913: Laws 1913, p. 496. The title of the original enactment is as follows: “An act to prohibit the advertising of treatment or cure of venereal or other diseases, declaring the same a misdemeanor and prescribing a penalty therefor”: Laws 1909, p. 229. The act, as amended, including the title,…
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From Multnomah: George N. Davis, Judge. Statement by Mr,. Justice Benson. Edwin Hollinshead was indicted for the violation of Section 2095, L. O. L., as amended by the legislature in 1913: Laws 1913, p. 496. The title of the original enactment is as follows: “An act to prohibit the advertising of treatment or cure of venereal or other diseases, declaring the same a misdemeanor and prescribing a penalty therefor”: Laws 1909, p. 229. The act, as amended, including the title, reads thus: “An act to amend Section 2095, Lord’s Oregon Laws, relating to advertising to cure sexual diseases.” The full…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Benson
1. Defendant’s first contention is that the indictment does not contain a statement of the facts constituting the offense with sufficient clearness and distinctness as to notify the defendant specifically of the offense for which he is to be tried. We cannot agree with the contention. The indictment very clearly and specifically states that the defendant violated the law “by then and there exposing and exhibiting to the view of a large number of persons, and displaying and publishing, in the aforesaid county and state, a certain advertisement, to wit, a sign, in words and figures as follows,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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