People v. Turney

Appellate Court of Illinois

People v. Turney

161 Ill. App. 607, 1911 Ill. App. LEXIS 809

Appellate Court of Illinois·Decided May 26, 1911·Published

Opinion

Mr. Presiding Justice Puterbaugh

delivered the opinion of the court.

In an action in debt to recover a penalty for selling medicines as an itinerant vendor, without first having secured a certificate from the State Board of Health, as provided by section 8, paragraph 12, chapter 91 of “An Act to Begulate the Practice of Medicine in the State of Illinois,” the trial court, at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence directed a verdict of not guilty. In People v. Wilson, 249 Ill. 195, the section of the act upon which this prosecution is based was declared to be unconstitutional" and void. The judgment must be affirmed, notwithstanding the evidence shows a clear violation of the section of the statute in question.

Affirmed.

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Mr. Presiding Justice Puterbaugh

delivered the opinion of the court.

In an action in debt to recover a penalty for selling medicines as an itinerant vendor, without first having secured a certificate from the State Board of Health, as provided by section 8, paragraph 12, chapter 91 of “An Act to Begulate the Practice of Medicine in the State of Illinois,” the trial court, at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence directed a verdict of not guilty. In People v. Wilson, 249 Ill. 195, the section of the act upon which this prosecution is based was declared to be unconstitutional" and void. The judgment must be affirmed, notwithstanding the evidence shows a clear violation of the section of the statute in question.

Affirmed.

People v. Turney, 161 Ill. App. 607, 1911 Ill. App. LEXIS 809 (Ill. Ct. App. 1911).

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