Hayden v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Alcorn county. Hon. Eugene O. Sykes, Judge. Hayden, appellant, was convicted of practicing medicine without a license so to do, and appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. He made a previous effort to appeal from the verdict of the jury, before judgment, but the appeal was dismissed. See Hayden v. State, ante 55. The question is as to the meaning of the term ‘£ physician ’ ’ in § 1258 of the code.
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From the circuit court of Alcorn county. Hon. Eugene O. Sykes, Judge. Hayden, appellant, was convicted of practicing medicine without a license so to do, and appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. He made a previous effort to appeal from the verdict of the jury, before judgment, but the appeal was dismissed. See Hayden v. State, ante 55. The question is as to the meaning of the term ‘£ physician ’ ’ in § 1258 of the code. The implication of the section is that he may be examined and get license, mere mockery if he cannot. Section 3243 of the code…
1Opinion of the CourtTerral, J.
Hayden was indicted in the circuit court of Alcorn county for practicing as a physician without first having been examined and obtained -a license. so to do. The facts of his alleged offense were admitted to be as follows, and upon this admission the case was submitted to the jury: “That the defendant practiced in this (Alcorn) county what is known as ‘ osteopathy ’ in the American'School of Osteopathy, in Kirksville, Mo., from which school he is a graduate. That in treating diseases, and in his treatment of the witnesses for the state in this case, to-wit, W. W. Kemp and James A. Carter, he…
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