State v. Bohl
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was indicted by the grand jury of McLeod county charged with the crime of practicing medicine without first having secured a license, tried in the district court for that county before Tifft, J., who at the close of the testimony denied defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, and a jury which found him guilty as charged in the indictment. Defendant’s motion for a new trial was denied.
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Defendant was indicted by the grand jury of McLeod county charged with the crime of practicing medicine without first having secured a license, tried in the district court for that county before Tifft, J., who at the close of the testimony denied defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, and a jury which found him guilty as charged in the indictment. Defendant’s motion for a new trial was denied. From the judgment sentencing him to the common jail for 90 days, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtQuinn, J.
Defendant was indicted, tried and convicted of practicing medicine in McLeod county, in this state, between the seventeenth and twenty-fourth days of March, 1919, without a license so to do. From an order denying his motion for a new trial defendant appeals.
It is contended on behalf of appellant: (1) That the indictment fails to state a public offense; (2) that the evidence is not sufficient to support the conviction; (3) that the prosecuting attorney was guilty of such conduct in his opening address to the jury as to prejudice the rights of the defendant.
The indictment charges in effect that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. CorcoranSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- State v. RolphSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1918
- State v. SchmidtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910