State v. . Hicks
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a criminal action, tried before bis Honor, Ward, J., and a jury, at March Term, 1907, of the Superior Court of ClbvblaND County. Tbe defendant was prosecuted in tbe Court below upon a warrant issued by a justice of tbe peace charging him with having, in October, 1906, “unlawfully and wilfully prac-tised dentistry without having passed the examination and obtained the certificate required by law, contrary to the form of the statute.”
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This was a criminal action, tried before bis Honor, Ward, J., and a jury, at March Term, 1907, of the Superior Court of ClbvblaND County. Tbe defendant was prosecuted in tbe Court below upon a warrant issued by a justice of tbe peace charging him with having, in October, 1906, “unlawfully and wilfully prac-tised dentistry without having passed the examination and obtained the certificate required by law, contrary to the form of the statute.” He was convicted by the justice, and appealed to the Superior Court. There the defendant moved to quash the warrant because, first, the act of the…
1Opinion of the Court
WalKeb, L,
after stating the case: The course of legislation upon the subject of dentistry has been somewhat eccentric. The Acts of 1819, ch. 139, made it unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person but an authorized physician and surgeon to practise dentistry, unless he had graduated and received a diploma from some reputable dental institution or had received a certificate from the Board of Examiners of the State Dental Society. Persons who had engaged in the practice of dentistry prior to the ratification of the Act of 7 March, 1819, were' excepted from its operation. The provisions of that…
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