Estep v. State

In the Criminal Court of Shelby County, defendant, who is a licensed naturopathic physician, was convicted of administering a toxic drug in violation of Chapter 43 of the Public Acts of 1945. Since that act provides no specific punishment for the offense, the trial judge applied sections 10755, 10756 of the Code, and in accord with those Code provisions, the defendant was sentenced to a fine of $500 and imprisonment in the county workhouse for 11 months and 29 days. From the conviction he has appealed and assigned a number of errors.

Defendant was arrested in Shelby County on April 13, 1945,…