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 *329no 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 work*, house 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,…