Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-29
THE cooKsLEY CASE.
Another Trial for Practicing Medicine
without a License

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The case of FL. J.. Cooksley, charged with
practicing medicine without license, was tried
yesterday in the Police Court. City Attor-
ney w. A. Anderson and ". B. G. Keller
represented the prosecution, and G. I. Jones
and 7. J. Clunie the defendant. The case
was tried before jury.
The first witness for the prosecution was
C. n. Herring, who testified that DR.. Cooks
ley treated him for cancer on the eye. The
Doctor prescribed for him, gave him medi
cine and agreed to effect a cure tor $40. de
paid him So He said the Doctor had a
sign out /" DR.. H. j. Cooksley. Oculist."
Counsel for defendant then proposed to
examine the witness upon the question of the
benefit he received from the treatment, but
the prosecution objected to including any
/ side or irrelevant issues in the case, and
claimed that the only Issues are First, Is the
! defendant practicing or treating any kind of
! sickness? Second, Has he license or author
| ity under the law therefor?
| The Court sustained the objection, and
confined the defense to the issues named.
DR.. e.. NJ. Dixon testified that any disease
of the eye is a sickness. The eye is more d.
rectly connected with the general system
than any other organ. To treat for ailments
of the eye one should have thorough knowl-
edge of the human system and OF medicine
Many affections of the eye can be easily
cured, but some are of such nature to
require the utmost skill A lengthy exam
iuation and cross-examinatiOn followed upon
diseases and methods of treatment
DIR. Pyburn testified in substance to about
the same purport as to diseases of the eye,
and the degree of knowledge requisite In
practitioners.
Ambrose Shields testified that his child
had been treated for sore eyes by the defend
ant for over six months. That he had often
been to "Dr. Cooksley's" Office for advice.
VIM. Sampson was sworn and said he had
been under DIR. CoOksley's treatment and that
he had prescribed for him for sore eyes, that
it was over year ago.
Defendants counsel objected to any evil
dence of anything that occurred more than
year ago. The Court sustained the objection
and excluded the testimony.
Mrs. Silier testified that she has been under
DR.. Cooksley's treatment for sore eyes; he
prescribed for her three or four weeks in June
and July last gave wash and applied some
kind Of oil to her eyes.
Captain BENZ. Browington was sworn and
stated that he had been patient of DR..
Cooksley for over two years that he had
received from him several prescriptions for
sore face. He also stated that there is sign
at Cooksley's residence which reads, DIR.
Cooksley Oculist."
Thos. II. Berkey was then called to pro-
duce the records of the County Clerk to show
that the defendant had no certificate or
record authorizing him to practice medicine.
At this juncture the DEFENDANTS counsel,
admitted that defendant had no diploma nor
certificate from any medical society.
The prosecution then rested their case.
The counsel for defendant after consulta.
ton announced that they would offer no tes-
timony This was probably occasioned by
the ruling of the Court, made during the
progress of the trial, excluding all testimony
upon the question of benefits or injuries re-
ceived from the medical practices of defend
anti
The case was argued and at half-past P.
NJ. was submitted to the jury, upon the
written instructions of the Court. At
o'clock the Jury returned verdict of "not
guilty
ESCAPED Convict REARREsrED. = The
adage that "burnt children will avoid the
fire." does not seem to apply to Cinnamon.
Wah All Cam, who was sent to State Prison
for term of five years for robbing Chinese
cabin Of 1886, on Solomon Runyan's ranch,
near Courtland last July, shows this fact
conclusively. While engaged in cutting
brush in the outskirts of the State Prison
grounds about two weeks since he made his
escape. 1t has now developed that he re-
turned Immediately to the vicinity of Court
land and resumed operations, but he kept
himself concealed. Immediately after his
escape the store of w. H. Myers, at that
place, was burglarized and articles taken to
the amount of 800 or more. Last week the
same Chinese cabin or house which was
robbed By him as above stated, in July last,
was again broken into ard $40 in
money, beside watch, shotguns, and
other articles, amounting in all to about
$3.50. were taken. This was the robbery
which was recently erronec usly r. po't ted
as being Mr.. Runyons residence.) The
Chinese set about finding the thief, and il
was soon ascertained that Wah All Cam had
been seen in the neighborhood, and it was
believed was the guilty party. Last Satur-
day night he went into a store in Chinatown
to purchase cue, was recognized by two
Cinnamon in the store, and captured by
them. They bound him with ropes hand and
foot to keep him secure. The prisoner, IN
order to effect his liberty, confessed the two
burglaries, and stated that he had secreted
the pluuder in an old barn. They proceeded
to the place, and there found nearly all that
was missing from both places, They then
refused to let him go, and took him to MIR.
Runyon, who had him kept and guarded in a
building until yesterday morning, when he
brought him to this city and deposited him
in the city Jail. He afterwards exam
ined before Justice Coggins, and held to an
swer upon the two additional charges of bur
glary.
A FINE IMPRovEMENT.-The new meat
market of Philip Herzog, which has just
been completed, at his old location on J, be-
tween Front and Second streets, is an ex-
ceedingly fine improvement and worthy of
special mention. MIR. Herzog has built upon
the site occupied by his former market a
new brick, 20 by 50 feet, with two stories and
basement The upper stony has been finished
as residence, and the main floor is fitted up
IN the most approved and complete manner
for market purposes. The market room is 20
by 80, and 10 feet in hight. Next in rear,
opening out of this is fine office and large
refrigerating room ; and back of these is a
finely fitted up room for storage and sausage.
making. The main market room in front, in
completeness of appointments and beauty OF
| finish, is superior to any market to be found
elsewhere upon the coast. 1t is finished /
more like a parlor than a market room, has
been furnished regardless of expense, and all
that modern improvement can add to it to
make it perfect has been utilized. Its slabs
are of solid polished granite one of them
| being the largest and heaviest ever cut in the
State It's two feet six inches wide six inches
thick, and about twelve feet long. 1t weighs
about thirty hundred pounds and is polished
to mirror.like surface. Others are of the
same class His cured meat tray is also solid
polished Penryn granite with its followed
receptacle pierced for drainage. The racks
are asIhandsome as side-boards, and are models
of architectural construction. They will hold
at one time 10 beeves and 40 sheep. The wood
work of the market is of grained oak, the walls
white hard finish, and the ceiling a light drab
with an ornamental cornice. In the evening
the market is lighted with two large chande-
liers in bronze, gilt and crystal On the rear
wall of the room, and extending across it, is
an elegantly painted sign, with the words
"City Market" with landscape ornamental
ton. The whole market is complete and
superb in all its appointments, and compi-
mentary to the proprietor and the city.
THE POLICE JUpGsHIp. S. Hon, as at
torney for G. Haines, yesterday applied to
Acknowledgement Hart for permission to
bring suit in the ne of The People for the
purpose of determining the title of his client
to the Police Judgship under the recent cleo
ton, and also alleging that Judge Henry was
not duly elected, and holds his Office by usur-
patton. W. B. q. Brown, I. J. Clunie and
w. A Anderson appeared on behalf of Judge
Henry and the various questions raised in