Legal Opinion

State v. Randolph

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided October 17, 1892PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Multnomah County: Loyal B. Stearns, Judge. Defendant appeals. Appellant R. H. Randolph was indicted hy the grand jury of Multnomah County, for the crime of practicing medicine without first having obtained a license to so do, and in violation of the act of the legislature of the state of Oregon, passed February 28, 1889, and as amended by act of legislature passed February 21,1891. (Sess. Laws, 1889, 144; Sess.

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Multnomah County: Loyal B. Stearns, Judge. Defendant appeals. Appellant R. H. Randolph was indicted hy the grand jury of Multnomah County, for the crime of practicing medicine without first having obtained a license to so do, and in violation of the act of the legislature of the state of Oregon, passed February 28, 1889, and as amended by act of legislature passed February 21,1891. (Sess. Laws, 1889, 144; Sess. Laws, 1891, 153.) Appellant interposed a demurrer in the court below that the indictment did not state facts sufficient to constitute a crime, which said demurrer was overruled.…

1Opinion of the CourtLord, C. J.

The defendants were severally indicted for practicing medicine without having first obtained a license for that purpose, in violation of the act of the legislature regulating the practice of medicine and surgery in this state. Each defendant interposed a demurrer that the indictment did not state facts sufficient to constitute a crime, which the court below overruled, whereupon the defendants each entered a plea of not guilty, and subsequently, upon being tried by a jury, were found guilty and sentenced by the court to pay a fine of fifty dollars each, from which several judgments the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Dent v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  2. Thorpe v. Rutland & Burlington RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1854
  3. State ex rel. Powell v. State Medical Examining BoardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
  4. State v. DentWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1884
  5. Singer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1890

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Milwaukee Medical College v. ChittendenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
  2. Ex Parte WhitleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Corporation of the Sisters of Mercy v. Lane CountyOregon Supreme Court · 1927
  4. State ex rel. Burroughs v. WebsterIndiana Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Campbell v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1942

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