The People v. Brown

The plaintiff in error was convicted by a jury and sentenced to pay a fine of $250 in the county court of Bureau county for the violation of the Medical Practice act, upon an information which charged that he “did willfully and unlawfully practice a system or method of treating human ailments without the use of drugs or medicine and without operative surgery, without a valid existing license so to do.” The case is brought here for review by writ of error.

The first contention of the plaintiff in error is that the information is not sufficiently specific to advise him of the nature and cause of…