Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-06-15
INTERESTING CASES.
The Trial Of Two Physicians Before
Justice Crawford This Morning.
A FINE LEGAL POINT
FINE LEGAL POINT

Vest rday afternoon upon iufo,ma
| tiuu furnished ur John InaUhDr aud
Dr. q W Hope tho local members
of the territorial board OF health nr
| G.. T. Phillips who has been resi-.
dent uf this city fur several years.
and Dr Francisco unrmidas. a late
arrival from NpNiru. we're arrested
| hy Policeman Martinez. charged with
practiciug medicine without cpftiu.
Gates from the board. although both
gentlemen have diplomas ahowiug
them tu bc graduates of wen rstab
lishUd nud regular medical colleges
The two doctors were tuhrn before
Justice Crawford and wcrc placed un.
der bonds of $500 each fur their up
pvnrancp fur trial this morning Thc}
promptly found bundsmcu. aud az 90
O'Clock this morning both gentlemen
were la count and there were uthDrH
also in attendance.
TRIAL POSTPONED
Dr Houmidas stated that 10 hc hal
violated the medical law 10 was
through ignorance llo did not know
tu whom tu 30 tO here to- obtain u
certificate and had sent hlB papers to
Santa "C at ,hc HuggCHtiun OF local
physician Tie then continued tu prac.
tico medicine awaiting the return of
a proper certificate. which SaV follow
ed by his arrest yesterday afternoon
a continuance of his case was granted
until Thursday. June 90 Dr. HCrmi
Gaa has been here about a month
and had gained quite an active prac-
ticc among the poor people 0f the val
ley. lie is "a learned physician. haV
ing prnoticod medicine In Europe. Cal
iforuin and in his native country of
Mexico
THE PHILLIPS CASE.
Tho facts az disclosed ut this trial.
are that Phillips Is graduate of the
Louisville. Ky. medical college. and
In January 1885, the Now Noxico|
board of health issued him a cortln
cato outitllng him Co practice mcdi
cine la this territory br Phillips
has boon placticing over since that
time. About two years ago the board
uf health attempted 90 revoke his
license for alleged "unprofcsBional"
conduct Oho doctor had rugged up a.
wagon and was going through the coun-
try curing people and had announced
that he believed in ndvprtisingJ: but
this iH tho FIRST prosecution although
Phillips has been Ia active practice
tion argued was the power of tho
board of health 60 revoke the license
Il being contundod ON behalf Of Phil
lips that the right to practice his Pro.
fossioD is valuable right and cannot
be- taken away from him without due
process OF law. that due process of
law can ho had only In the ludiclPl
tribunals created by the organic act
viz. the supreme. district aud probate
courts. ana Justices of the peace. and
that the territorial legislature has no
power 10 create other judicial tri.
buualB.
The case was takeh fadcr advise.
ment by Justice Crawford
y. " Clancy represented the board
Of health, while the arrested doctors
were represented hy A. B McMillon.
who Il ls stated. made one of the best
arguments on the constitutional lights
Of citizona ever presented before jus
tiCo Crawford.
The law passed hy tho recent logis
laturu give. each and every man who
turns ul1rW'i ur is spy $50 fpr bis
trouble iu masking such Information
to the board uf health