Williams v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court, Charleston District; Jeptha H. Evans, Judge; The statute under Which appellant was indicted relates solely to the sale of drugs, nostrums, ointments or applications by itinerant vendors, and requires of them as vendors the qualifications ■of practicing physicians, whereas local vendors are not required to have -any such qualifications. The statute is therefore -class legislation and unconstitutional and void.
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Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court, Charleston District; Jeptha H. Evans, Judge; The statute under Which appellant was indicted relates solely to the sale of drugs, nostrums, ointments or applications by itinerant vendors, and requires of them as vendors the qualifications ■of practicing physicians, whereas local vendors are not required to have -any such qualifications. The statute is therefore -class legislation and unconstitutional and void. Kirby’s Dig. § 5242; 124 Ga. 254; 142 Ala. 43; 39 Ala. 203; 85 Ark. 509: 109 S. W. 293; 43 Ark. 60; 70 N. J. D. 537; 175 111. 101; 58 Ark. 609; 88…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
The following indictment (omitting caption and formal parts) was returned against appellant by the grand jury of Franklin County:
“The saicFone Williams, on the 30th day of May, 1910, in the county and district aforesaid, unlawfully did sell and was interested in the sale of a certain drug, nostrum, ointment and application intended for the treatment of diseases and injury to one G. M. St. Clair, he, the said one Williams, then and there being an itinerant vendor of drugs, and lie, the said one Williams, not .then and there having first procured a certificate authorizing him to practice…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Bowman v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
- Haney v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1879
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- People Ex Rel. Municipal Gas Co. v. RiceNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- State v. MyersSupreme Court of Iowa · 1860
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- State ex rel. Attorney General v. TrulockSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1913
- Gurein v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1946
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