Legal Opinion

People v. O'Leary

California Supreme Court

Decided June 26, 1888No. 20358PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Yolo County. The information was filed March 8, 1887, and accused the defendant of a misdemeanor, “committed as follows, to wit:' The said Arthur O’Leary, on or about the twenty-seventh day of November, 1886, in the county of Yolo, state of California, then and there being, did willfully and unlawfully practice medicine; that prior to said time said defendant had not procured a certificate to so practice from one of the boards…

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Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Yolo County. The information was filed March 8, 1887, and accused the defendant of a misdemeanor, “committed as follows, to wit:' The said Arthur O’Leary, on or about the twenty-seventh day of November, 1886, in the county of Yolo, state of California, then and there being, did willfully and unlawfully practice medicine; that prior to said time said defendant had not procured a certificate to so practice from one of the boards of medical examiners appointed by the Medical Society of- the State of California, the Eclectic Medical Society of the…

1Opinion of the CourtPaterson, J.

The defendant was charged in the information with having practiced medicine without-having first obtained a certificate authorizing him to-do so, as required by the “Act to regulate the practice of medicine in the state. of California.” (Pen. Code, pp. 625-629.) The language of the information is sufficiently full and explicit in charging the offense, and we think that the court did not err in overruling the demurrer.

The appeal is from the judgment only. The bill of exceptions contains none of the evidence. We cannot' say, therefore, that the court erred in refusing certain instructions…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. JordanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1883

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. People v. MegladderyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1940
  2. People v. Boo Doo HongCalifornia Supreme Court · 1898
  3. In Re Application of HarronCalifornia Supreme Court · 1923
  4. State v. LewisWashington Supreme Court · 1903
  5. People v. MasonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1962

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