State v. Zotalis

The defendant Avas convicted of the violation of G. S. 1923, § 5814, Avhich prohibits anyone not a registered pharmacist or a dealer having such a pharmacist in charge of his place of business from retailing drugs or medicines or poisons, excepting, hoAvever, 23 articles of common use. He appeals from the judgment.

The defendant conducts a confectionery store in Minneapolis. He is not a pharmacist and does not employ one. He sold aspirin and for selling it Avas convicted under the statute. The aspirin was in a container, with a label stating that it contained five-grain aspirin tablets, that a…