Hurley v. People - Colorado Supreme Court

Hurley v. People

By Colorado Supreme Court

  • Release Date: 1936-12-24
  • Genre: Law

Description

The charging portions of the information read as follows: "That, on the fifteenth day of August, A.D. 1934, at the said City and County of Denver, and Stat of Colorado, John L. Hurley did unlawfully engage in the practice of medicine within the state of Colorado without first having obtained a license therefor as provided by law, in this, to wit: He did then and there unlawfully hold himself out to the public as being engaged within this state in the business of diagnosing and treating diseases, diseased conditions, injuries and defects of human beings by the use of drugs, surgery, manipulation, lectricity and other physical and mechanical means, and did then and there prescribe, use and recommend a form of treatment for the intended palliation, relief and cure of physical ailments and defects of a person, to wit: Charles Spitz, with the intention of receiving a fee therefore; contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the people of the state of Colorado." Second count: "That John L. Hurley, on, to wit: the fifteenth day of August, A.D. 1934, at, to wit: the City and County of Denver, state of Colorado, did unlawfully engage in the practice of chiropractic, without first having obtained a license to practice chiropractic pursuant to the provisions of chapter 49, at page 372, of the 1933 Session Laws of the state of Colorado, in this, to wit: he did then and there unlawfully hold himself out to the public as being engaged within this state in the business and practice of chiropractic as defined by the aforesaid Act, by the treatment and diagnosing of diseases and diseased conditions, injuries and defects of human beings, and did then and there use and recommend a form of treatment for the intended palliation, relief and cure of physical ailments and defects of a person, to wit: Charles Spitz, with intention of receiving a fee therefor; contrary to the form of the statute * * *."