People v. Christie

Defendant was convicted in a trial by jury of violating section 15 of the Chiropractic Act [Stats. 1923, p. xx, 2 Deering’s Gen. Laws, Act 4811], an initiative measure adopted by the people in November, 1922. Defendant is a licensee under the act and held himself out to the public by business cards and a sign on his office window as a “chiropractic physician. ’ ’ The jury was instructed, in effect, that if they found the defendant used the word “physician” they must find him guilty under the act. On appeal, defendant makes no contention that the section is unconstitutional. It is his position…