State v. Wilhite
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Webster District Court.— Hon. J. H. Richard, Judge. Ti-ie indictment charged that the accused did willfully and unlawfully practice medicine, and then and there did publicly profess to cure, and heal the diseases and ailments to which the flesh is heir by means of a certain system, a more particular description of the peculiar and mysterious workings of which are to this grand jury unknown; that said J. C. Wilhite then and there did advertise in.the Ft.
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Appeal from Webster District Court.— Hon. J. H. Richard, Judge. Ti-ie indictment charged that the accused did willfully and unlawfully practice medicine, and then and there did publicly profess to cure, and heal the diseases and ailments to which the flesh is heir by means of a certain system, a more particular description of the peculiar and mysterious workings of which are to this grand jury unknown; that said J. C. Wilhite then and there did advertise in.the Ft. Dodge Messenger that by said system he could cure and heal tuberculosis, and cause the same to be cured, and did advertise in…
1Opinion of the Court
Ladd, L.
1. Physicians: unlawful. practice: indictment. Before the trial defendant objected to the indictment on three grounds: (1) For that it did not charge any offense under the laws of this State, (2) it was so indefinite as not to inform the accused of the charge against him, and (3) it attempted to charge several distinct and separate offenses. Though inartistically drawn, it is not open to any of these criticisms. It specifically alleges that the defendant practiced medicine, then averred his acts which eon*228stituted so doing, and that this was without a certificate from the proper…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- State v. MainSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- State v. EdmundsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
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- Bixby v. Omaha & Council Bluffs Railway & Bridge Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1898
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