State v. Bowers

Mar 23, 1896
Reporters:
,
Before:
Ellison
Ellison, J.

This is a prosecution under the druggist and pharmacist statute against defendant ‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‍who is a druggist, for selling liquor without a prescription required by statute or other requisite authority to do so. The case shows a ‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‍sale. The defense seems to have been based on a prescription from a regular registered, and practicing physician. This prescription fails to state that ‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‍the liquor was prescribed as a necessary remedy, as is required by section 4621, Revised Statutes, 1889, and as such is no ■ defense. ‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‍The trial court did not err in refusing defendant’s instruction declaring the prescription sufficient. The facts disclosed by the record were sufficient to sustain ‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‍the finding of the court and the judgment will, therefore, be affirmed.

All concur.