Legal Opinion

State v. Rolph

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided May 17, 1918No. 20,776PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Defendant was indicted by the grand jury charged with the crime of practicing medicine without a license, tried in the district court for Yellow Medicine county before Daly, J., who when the state rested denied defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. At the opening of the trial defendant objected to the introduction of any testimony on the ground that the indictment did not state facts sufficient to constitute a public offense or the violation of any law of the state.

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Defendant was indicted by the grand jury charged with the crime of practicing medicine without a license, tried in the district court for Yellow Medicine county before Daly, J., who when the state rested denied defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. At the opening of the trial defendant objected to the introduction of any testimony on the ground that the indictment did not state facts sufficient to constitute a public offense or the violation of any law of the state. The objection was overruled. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. From an order denying her motion for a new trial,…

1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.

Defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Yellow Medicine county and thereby charged with the crime of practicing medicine without a license in violation of section 4981, G. S. 1913. On a trial of the issues presented by her plea of not guilty she was convicted and thereafter appealed from an order denying a new trial.

The statute on which the prosecution is founded declares that any person who shall practice medicine in this state without first obtaining a license therefor shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished in the manner and to the extent thereby prescribed. The statute further…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Parks v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1902
  2. Commonwealth v. ZimmermanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
  3. State v. HowardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
  4. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1911
  5. State v. EdmundsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. Marshall & Brown-Sidorowicz, P.A.Court of Appeals of Kansas · 1978
  2. Granger v. AdsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1933
  3. Ingebritson v. TJERNLUND MANUFACTURING COMPANYSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1971
  4. State Ex Rel. Shenk v. State Board of ExaminersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1933
  5. State v. BohlSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1920

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