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Green v. the State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Feb 21, 1906
49 Tex. Crim. 380 (Tex. Crim. App. 1906)

Opinion

No. 3369.

Decided February 21, 1906.

Compounding Prescriptions Unlawfully — Constitutional Law — General Statute — Pharmacy.

The statute which regulates the practice of pharmacy applies to all persons as a class under the same conditions and environment, and is a general statute, and therefore constitutional. Following Ex parte Massey, 49 Texas Crim. Rep.

Appeal from the County Court of Wilbarger. Tried below before Hon. J.A. Nabers.

Appeal from a conviction of unlawfully compounding prescriptions; penalty, a fine of $50.

The opinion states the case.

R.W. Hall, for appellant. — On constitutional question, Ex Parte McCarver, 46 S.W. Rep., 936; Ex parte Jones, 43 id., 513; State v. Pennoyer, 5 L.R.A., 709; art. 470, Penal Code; art. 3, sec. 56 Const., Texas; art. 1, sec. 3 id.; 14 Amd. Const., U.S.

Howard Martin, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.


Appellant was convicted of unlawfully compounding a prescription, and his punishment fixed at a fine of $50. Appellant insists that the statute which regulates the practice of pharmacy is violative of both our federal and State Constitutions; that the same is unconstitutional for the reason that its operation applies only to druggists or pharmacists plying their vocation in towns of 1,000 inhabitants or more, and does not apply to the same class of persons pursuing their vocations in towns of less than 1,000. The specific insistence of appellant seems to be that the law is a special or local one within the meaning of the constitutional inhibition, and not a general statute. We do not think appellant's insistence is correct. The statute applies to all persons as a class under the same conditions and environments, and so applying is a general and not a special statute. Being a general statute, there can be no question as to its constitutionality. Clark v. Finley, 93 Tex. 171; Ex parte Massey, decided at Tyler Term. We accordingly hold that the statute is constitutional. No error appearing in the record, the judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Green v. the State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Feb 21, 1906
49 Tex. Crim. 380 (Tex. Crim. App. 1906)
Case details for

Green v. the State

Case Details

Full title:W.W. GREEN v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Feb 21, 1906

Citations

49 Tex. Crim. 380 (Tex. Crim. App. 1906)
93 S.W. 847

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