State v. Jones

The defendant was charged by information under Section 9988, R. S. Mo., 1939, in the Circuit Court of Greene County, with having practiced medicine and surgery upon the person of Mrs. I. U. Gordon, without a license from the State Board of Health. Upon a trial to a jury he was convicted and his punishment assessed at a fine of $500 and twelve months in the county jail. From this judgment he duly appeals.

It was admitted that the defendant was a licensed practitioner as a Chiropractor by the State' Board of Chiropractors. To sustain the charge the State made positive proof that the defendant…