State v. Smith
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Webster Circuit Court. — Row. Geo. H. Williams, Judge. (1) The information is fatally defective in that it does not state that defendant Smith does not belong to one of the classes not included in the operation of the law. State v. Hamlett, 129. Mo. App. 70'; State v. Connor, 142 N. C. 700; State v. Carmody, 50 Ore. 1; Marshall v. State, 119 S. W. (Tex.)'310. (2) The statute contemplates nothing but medicine and surgery.
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Appeal from Webster Circuit Court. — Row. Geo. H. Williams, Judge. (1) The information is fatally defective in that it does not state that defendant Smith does not belong to one of the classes not included in the operation of the law. State v. Hamlett, 129. Mo. App. 70'; State v. Connor, 142 N. C. 700; State v. Carmody, 50 Ore. 1; Marshall v. State, 119 S. W. (Tex.)'310. (2) The statute contemplates nothing but medicine and surgery. State v. Biggs, 133 N. C. 729; State v. Liffring, 61 Ohio 30; Nelson v. State Board, 22 Ky. L. Rep. 438; 'Hayden v. State, 88 Miss. 281; State v. McKnight, 131 N.…
1Opinion of the CourtFerriss, J.
This is an appeal from "Webster county, where the defendant was convicted of the offense of treating and attempting to treat the sick and afflicted without first having obtained a license from the State Board of Health. Has punishment was assessed at a fine of fifty dollars. The case reaches this court by transfer from the Springfield Court of Appeals, upon a constitutional question.
The information upon which the defendant was tried reads as follows: “J. E. Haynes, prosecuting attorney, duly elected, commissioned, sworn, qualified, installed, and acting as such in and for said county of…
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