State v. Curtis
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from, McPherson District Court. Complaint was filed before a justice of the peace in McPherson county, charging J. JB. Curtis, a regularly practicing physician at Lindsborg, with a violation of § 3, ch. 128, Laws of 1881. On the trial before the magistrate the defendant was convicted, and sentenced to pay a fine of $100, and the costs, taxed at $48.75, and to stand committed until the fine and costs were paid.
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Appeal from, McPherson District Court. Complaint was filed before a justice of the peace in McPherson county, charging J. JB. Curtis, a regularly practicing physician at Lindsborg, with a violation of § 3, ch. 128, Laws of 1881. On the trial before the magistrate the defendant was convicted, and sentenced to pay a fine of $100, and the costs, taxed at $48.75, and to stand committed until the fine and costs were paid. From this judgment the defendant appealed to the district court. At the April Term, 1882, the county attorney filed an information charging the defendant with the same offense,…
1Opinion of the Court
*385The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
i. ProMMtton; vana section. The defendant was convicted in the district court of McPherson county upon a charge of violating §3, ch. 128 of the Laws of 1881, in this, that being a practicing physician and having filed the affidavit required by said section, he made a prescription for intoxicating liquors in a case in which there was no actual sickness, and where there was no necessity for the use of such liquors. From this conviction he appeals to this court, and claims first that such section is unconstitutional. He insists that the…
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