The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-25
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This Apparently the Only Course
81 Provided for Prosecutions
in Pharmacy Cases. i
8npIlccIcTc PEEnRE cnllRT&
DRUGGISTS BEFORE COURT
Provisions 81 the Law Pointed
Out to Justice Grutchfield, Il
Who Continued Gases.

Unless the State Board OF Pharmacy
a ms makes the complaint every druggist in
Richmond can have an unregistered drug
n Kist behind the counter to compound
prescriptions Of physicians, and the Cont
4 nur1eonwealtl's Attorney and the public are 1'
powerless to act in the matter s II
4 This is the law, as was shown to Justice
II crrltchfield In Police Court yesterday
morning, when several druggist were
4 brought to the court upon information,
! secured by Commonwealth's Attorney
Nfinitree Folkes, tending to show that
unregistered clerks had filled prescrip-8
ttions. Il while no registered or assistant
registered pharmacist was nearby "A NY
1.-The statute says that the Board OF
Pharmacy must be the informant, and
that the Commemorative Attorney may
then act upon this information. II the
hoard never acts-and Mr.. Folkes showed
that It had not-then tho public is y. at
THE mercy Of the llnre istered clerks WI
8fill the prescriptions that are written by
Tphysicians. q Il # Is y55 IN x (.
Justice Crutchfield was impressed with
The law, although he did A continue the
y .ase until September the 18th, IN order
\ 10 allow the attorneys on each side time
In which to prepare their statements r. *,
Il Earding the case But the Justice stated
s that It was clear to his mind that the
q charges against the druggists We're not
I'll oroperly before him, and that unless the
x Board of Pharmacy acted as the IN FORM
ant !. instead OF the commonwealth e e.
!orney, he would not be warranted IN
further proceedings
Some time ago the 4, attention or N.Y.
SToIkes was called to the fact that there
" we're several unregistered taerks in the
Il ,ity8who were compromising prescriptions.
ss y was urged TO take some steps IN the
natter His sinformants told him that
he board had not acted in the matter,
& md that ii was time for tho courts to
lake q hand.
ISL Worked Up Cases.
,s as Messrs. W. d. Ellington and Meredith
& o. owen, Of Manchester, were employed
% ascertain the names Of the clerks who
J. were violating the law by filling pre-
scriptions before they had qualified as
registered or assistant registered drug
Eists. The two 5yAuhg men went to work
With full ist,of the. names Of the Clerks
in the different drug stores, and yestcrT
DAY morning the following druggists APP
reared In court to- answer the charges
above mentioned: it5gs Sl3
Nv a, Shook. No. 1917 West Main
a street, for allowing John a. Fitch, his
4 clerk, TO compound prescriptions, the sala
Fitch not being registered pharmacist
or an assistant reg1stered pharmaci b.,
Nv. 90 Saunders, druggist, at No. $50
1T West Leigh Street, for allowing Irving
Rice to tlll prescriptions; w. w Rich
\ q rdson, Seventeenth and Venable Streets
for allowing Frank Gilmore to MI
prescription; George Arheart. no 129
East Broad Street. for filling pre-
scriptona w. p. Partin Broad Street.
between Twenty-hfth and Twenty.si'x I. n
y Streets, for allowing c. w. Carr to III
4 prescription. IL,
l The same charged was placed against
each OF the men arrested The statute
Under which they will be prosecuted IS
Il No 1850, Code of Virginia. ID.
IA Messrs. Owen and Meredith visited
n these drug stores and had prescriptions
from physlciana hled. they would then
ask for duplicate OF the prescription,
and, after paying for the medicine, would
4 leave with the duplicate. This effectually
settled the case against the young men.
is but the Board Of Pharmacy had not
acted.
Board Not Informed.
Mr.. IT. A. Miller, one OF the members
az the board, was In tbs Police Court
yesterday, and said the matter had not
been brought to his attention. That was
the reason the board had not acted he
said. The druggists had taken the ini-
4 tiative and gone to the Commonwealth =
Attorney to protect themselves.
Commonwealth Attorney FolRcs sntt
after the postponement OF the case, that
At was indeed. a queer law that wor'.>
not allow him TO act when he knew
that the statute WAS being violated.
THE people OF Richmond should bt
protected he declared, .'and ] believe
that / will be able to show that | have
right 10 prosecute these cases, whethel
y the Board OF Pharmacy takes cogniz
ance of the matter or aot.'
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