State v. Lawson

Citations

• 40 Wash. 455
• 82 P. 750
• 1905 Wash. LEXIS 1004

Syllabus

<p>Statutes — Amendment—Setting Forth in Full. Const., art. 2, § 37, does not require, upon tbe amendment of a statute, tbat tbe entire act as amended shall be set forth in full, but only the amended sections.</p> <p>Physicians and Surgeons — Practicing Without License — Prosecution- — Proof of License — Records. Upon a prosecution for practicing medicine without a license, there is sufficient prima facie evidence of the fact that the accused had no license where it was shown (1) that the secretary of the board of examiners had never issued him a license, (2) that he had filed no license with the county clerk, and (3) that his name did not appear on the records of the county auditor as a licensed physician.</p> <p>Criminad Law — Evidence—Burden of Proof — Constitutionaiitx of Statute. The statute malting certain records prima facie evidence of the existence or nonexistence of a license to practice medicine, is not unconstitutional as imposing the burden of proof upon the accused.</p>