Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-29
CALLAGHAN FINED TO-DAY
He Appealed to District Court
 and Refuses to Pay $2OO.

1rdcIlcluS Meulclue WilHOuL Il'
 cense-The Trouble This Time Grew
 Out of Prescription the Doctor
 Wrote for Mrs Pritchards
 Dr P. J. Callaghan was before Judge Burpee in the city court to-day charged with practicing medicine without a ll- cense. He pleaded not guilty and was defended by Attorney Lawlor. There were two counts i'll the complaint, the first charging him with practicing med icine without license OH May ,, and the other with having been found guilty of the same offense last October. Attorney Lawlor asked that the latter be stricken out, as the case was ap- pealed to the district court and is not disposed of yet therefore there was no record of conviction standing against him. The court refused to do this, re- marking that as the case was not tried, so much the worse for the accused; 1; that was his misfortune, and, moreover, the supreme court concurred in his views. Mrs Mary E. Parmelee and Mrs Mary Pritchard were then sworn. At Attorney Lawlors request Mrs Pritchard was removed from the court room while her friend was on the stand to prevent collision. He referred to Mrs Pritchard as the chief witness and detective in the case. Mrs Par melee then testified that she called the doctor to attend to Mrs Pritchard. Mrs Parmelee lives at 273 South Main street. Monday the visit was made. Mrs Pritchard was suffering with cry sipelas and the doctor gave her pre- scriptionS after examining her, in re- turn for which he was paid a silver dollar. The prescriptions she gave to Dr Poore immediately. attorney Law Tor showed that the witness and Dr Callaghan have not been good friends Tor some years; that they lived in the same house some years ago on South Main street; that witness wrote letters 10 the doctors wife, and that she was warned to cease this annoyance. She l was asked if she was the woman who lost $50 month ago and she said she was. She also said she kept a board Ing house near the Salvation army shell ter on South Main street, but denied that she had offered $50 to have the shelter set on fire. She also denied that she would take vengeance on the doe Tor Tor 1t, but admitted that she went 10 see pr Callaghan with Mrs Pritch. ard at the suggestion of Dr Poore. l Mrs Pritchard then took the stand and Attorney Lawlor asked that the last witness be removed The request was denied. The attorney held thai
 Mrs Parmelee was under the influence or Mrs Pritchard. Her testimony was
 merely corroboration of that just given
 l Dr Barber testified that Dr Callaghan
 was not registered; that he did not I pass the medical examination and therefore could not be given license
 me examination was held in March
 At this point Attorney Lawlor moved Tor the discharge of his client. It was | denied
 pr Callaghan then took the stand lie admitted all that the women had 1 testified to except that he took money rom them. The latter were positive that the doctor was paid q silver dol
 lar, but he said one of them merely 1 opened her pocketbook, but took noth ing out of it, as he positively refused
 to take any money. He told them he was not practicing since March and that he did not care to look into this
 case. But the women persisted and ne
 gave two prescriptions. As to alleged former statements made by the doctor
 he said in reply to Prosecutor Durant's questions that he was certain he made 1 a good percentage in his examination by the state medical board He de
 nied having. ever said the law requires physicians to register unconstitutional
 Prosecutor Durant asked that the
 maximum penalty, a fine of $2OO. be
 imposed. His request was granted and
 an appeal was taken to the district
 court. Prosecutor Durant then stated
 that to show he had no feeling in the
 matter whatsoever, but merely was doing his duty as he saw it. he pro duced prescriptions which had not been
 mentioned during the trial. prescrip tions bearing Dr Callaghan's signature
 Kitty Buckley, despite a fearful
 scene and promises to do better, was fined $lO and costs for intoxication
 She made T scene on the stand and had
 to be removed from the court.
 A complaint against Mary Puskanit1s
 for breach of the peace was continued
 to Saturday,.