People v. Hettiger

This is an action of debt by the People for the use of the State Board of Health against Mrs. K. Hettiger, to recover a penalty for practicing medicine without a license, in violation of chapter 91 of the Revised Statutes of Illinois, entitled “Medicine and Surgery.” The suit was originally begun before a justice of the peace in Ogle county and there tried before a jury, where there was a judgment for defendant. The case was appealed to the Circuit Court of that county, where on a trial before a jury a verdict was again returned for the defendant. A motion for a new trial was overruled and…