State v. Brown

Citations

• 37 Wash. 106
• 79 P. 638
• 1905 Wash. LEXIS 680

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional Law — Police Power — Dentistry. The provisions of Laws 1901, pp. 314-318, regulating the practice of dentistry are a valid exercise of the police power.</p> <p>Criminal Law — Practicing Dentistry Without a License — • Instructions. Upon a prosecution for practicing dentistry without a license it is 'proper to instruct that it is not necessary to show that a fee was charged for any specific act, or payment made upon performance of the service, or that the act was committed on the exact day charged, but that it is sufficient if it appears that a fee was charged for a series of acts of which the act complained of was one, and that payment was made at any time within one year, for an act performed within one year of the filing of the information.</p> <p>Trial — Assignment—Discretion op Court — Review. The manner of assigning a case on the trial docket is within the discretion of the trial court, and not to be reviewed except for abuse thereof.</p> <p>Criminal Law — Trial—Time for Plea. Tbe defendant cannot allege error in that he was not allowed one day to plead, where at the arraignment he answered that he was ready and plead not guilty.</p> <p>Practicing Dentistry Without License — Evidence of Qualifications — Attack on Decision of Dental Board. Upon a prosecution for practicing dentistry without a license, it is proper to exclude evidence going to show that the defendant properly passed his examination and that the license was withheld through the fraud of the dental board, since the decision of the board cannot be questioned in that manner.</p>