¶1The defendant was proqpded against by affidavit charging him with practicing medicine without *56having filed, his diploma or registered his name in the county clerk’s office as provided'by statute. No information based upon said affidavit was filed by the prosecuting attorney as required by law, (Acts 1877, p. 355, § 6,) and the proceeding was properly dismissed by the circuit court. The judgment will be affirmed.
76 Mo. 55
State v. Sebecca
Decided October 15, 1882
Supreme Court of Missouri · decided 1882-10-15
<p>Practice, Criminal. Under the act of 1877 in relation to misdemeanors, (Sess. Acts, p. 855, § 6,) no prosecution founded upon an affidavit alone could be sustained. It was necessary that there should be an information by the prosecuting attorney based upon the affidavit.</p>
Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently February 1898
2 state decisions
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Aeeirmed · Decided 1882-10-15
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