Dee v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
FiioM the circuit court of Tunica county. Hon. E. W. WilliamsoN, Judge. The act of February 28, 1882, prohibits the practice of medicine without a license.
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FiioM the circuit court of Tunica county. Hon. E. W. WilliamsoN, Judge. The act of February 28, 1882, prohibits the practice of medicine without a license. Section ' 20 provides that the words “ practice medicine,” in the statute, “ shall mean to suggest, recommend, prescribe or direct for the use of any person any drug, medicine, appliance or other agency, whether material or not material, for the cure, relief or palliation of any ailment or disease of the mind or body, or for the cure or relief of any wound, fracture or other bodily injury, or any deformity,” for compensation. The…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.
The indictment is insufficient, because it does not aver that the defendant committed the offense created and particularly defined by § 20 of “An act to regulate the practice of medicine in the state of Mississippi,” approved February 28, 1882, Acts 33. The act does not stop with prohibiting unlicensed persons to “practice *603medicine,” but declares what these words mean as used in the act. The rule established by authority is that “ Where the words of the statute are descriptive of the offense, the indictment should follow the language, and expressly charge the described offense on the…
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