State v. Edmunds
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wright District Court.-— HoN. J. II. Richard, J udge. DeeeNDANT was indicted for practicing medicine as an itinerant physician without a license. He demurred to the indictment, and his demurrer was sustained, and the case dismissed. The State appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Deemee., O. J.
1. Itinerant physicians: indictment. The indictment charges that the defendant, a nonresident of the State of Iowa, did willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously practice medicine, and assume the duties of and publicly profess to be a phy- . . 1 t \ . , J sician, and did then and there unlawfully attempt and profess to treat, heal, and cure diseases, injuries, and ailments by certain appliances and methods, namely, by dieting his patients, causing them to take certain exercises, and to wear glasses or spectacles- which he furnished; that the said J. Wilson Edmunds did then and…
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