Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-08
OrAcK. OnAoK-Quite an amusing case

was before Justice Singer, yesterday after
noon, it being the case of so called DR..
Smith VS. Mary Latimore. The latter is n
prostitute, of rather rude exterior, and COM
monty known among the fancy as "Irish
Mary" The former is a sort of Mephistophe-
liam German Doctor, OF diminutive frame and
with a cooked eye, who has no regular di-
ploma, and deals in conjuratons, mystical
herbs and charms, and all kinds of dia6lerie.
1t seems from his account that he doctored
Mary for a series of months, in this city, for
delirium tremens, intermittent fever, and fe-
yer and ague, and run up bill against her of
a hundred and fifty or two hundred dollars,
which she refused TO pay She resisted his
claim on the ground that it was false bill,
and that he imposed himself upon her as
doctor when he was merely n quack The
latter ground the Justice refused to recognize,
because there is no statute in this State, pre-
scriLng who shall or shall not practice
medicine, and if people choose to employ
quack it is their own business and they must
pay him for his services, even if he fails to
cure them, or in fact damages their physical
constitutions irretricvably Before this ruling
was given, DR.. Teed was examined, and testi-
fed that Smith was by no means regarded
as a doctor among physicians. The defend
ant then introduced a German who had
known Smith in the old country when he
was a shoemaker, and had no pretentions
whatever to medical learning but the evil
dence was ruled out. The defendant also
introduced witnesses who swore that at the
time that the Doctor said he was attending
her in Marysvile she was not in the city at
all, but at Rabbit Creek and in the noun
tains Other witnesses, again, swore that
they saw her every day in the city, during
that very time The principal witness for
old Smith was patient of his, who has been
in his hands upwards of two years, and bears
evidence of the fact in every lineament of his
countenance and movement of his body. The
Doctor has very obviously put him through
the mill This witness swore that Mary was
undoubtedly doctored, very considerably
Judging from the personal appearance of her
doctor, we should say that the more she was
doctored the less was her physician entitled
to his bill.
Col Mulford, for the deft., was very hu-
morous in his remarks, and excited the risi-
bles of his audience greatly, by his descrip-
tions ofthe unique Smith, with his purgations
ane emetics, and horsedoctoring practice
applied to the human system; but Gen.
Rowe, for the prosecution, gained the case,
on his clear and fOrcible statement of the
facts. Col. Mulford gave notice of an appeal
to the County Court, and the Justices Court
adjourned.
The half-weird and half-comical appear
ance of the German doctor; the determined
look of Irish Mary, aod the indignant roll of
her eye towards the oblique-visoned disciple
of the Art Diabolical the trusting, coDfiding
look which the doctors two years patient, |
Moore, who was wasting away to skeleton
under the drugs and conjuration of the doc
tor, turned to him, as he gave his evidence
The different manifestations of pleasure or
disgust in the faces of the plf or deft., as the
testimony proceeded for or against them
the wrangling of the attorneys, and the
mock serious occasional decisions of the Jus
tiee on the various queer points that arose
all made a scene decidedly amusing, and
more readily appreciated by actual sight
than description. We came to the conclu-
sion that Smith was undoubtedly quack,
and that Mary surely owed him pretty
considerable bill