New Britain herald., 1927-02-24

hypodermic needle with liquid and injected four drops of it into Mrs. Malmquist's arm.
 Dr. Moriarty said the liquid cost s10 a drop, the officer testified. He told Mrs. Malmquist to pay Officer Webber $150 and that she was cured of cancer. She said she had only $50 in cash which she gave Dr. Moriarty and check for $35.50 which was made payable to her and which she endorsed and gave to the officer.
 Woman Begged for Treatment | Mrs. Malmquist testified that a friend recommended Dr. Moriarty and she went to the Burritt hotel in New Britain, where she waited three hours for him. That was two weeks ago. she said. He examined her first and he charged her s150 later after he had given her treatments. At the hotel she begged him to treat her after he told her he was so busy he could not take her case. Dr. Stanley H. Osborne. state health commissioner, testified that pr. Moriarty has no license to prac- tice medicine in Connecticut.
 Dr. Osborne could not say what the attitude of the state department of health would be towards an out | ne tba ct of r0, ;oia to necticut in an emergency. He would be obliged to consult the attorney general in such a case. At this point the state rested it's case and Attor- ney McDonough moved for dismiss sal of the charge on the ground that the state had not proven it.
 Dr. Moriarty on Stand Judge Day denied the motion and Attorney McDonough called Dr. Nor iarty to the witness stand. He said he is a graduate of Grand Rapids Medical college. Grand Rapids. Mich, and has been a licensed phy- sician and surgeon since 1906. His diploma was offered In evidence as | was the certificate of registration in the state of Michigan. He said he has never practiced in any state ex- cept Michigan.
 He came to Connecticut two weeks ago in response to requests of pa tients in New Britain, Meriden and Hartford, he said He stopped in Bristol the first night He told Mrs. Malmquist he could not treat her be- cause he was too busy and he was trying to finish his work so that he might return to Michigan as he was receiving telegrams to return.
 Mrs. Malmquist begged him to treat her My God, no,' Dr. Nor iarty said he replied, but she was so insistent that he took her to his room and examined her. He called at her home and gave her treat ments. He said a Mir. Tobin of Hart ford wrote to him and asked him to come and treat his mother Miss Swenson or 11S New Hanover street. Meriden; Mrs. Hansen of 325 Chest nut street, New Britain. and Mrs. Finneson of 1cS Dwight street, New Britain. also wrote.
 He had told someone who wrote him to come to this state that If he could have four patients he would come for one week, otherwise he would not come, as he was too busy to leave his position for a single case or two.
 Cross examined by Prosecuting At torney Carlson, Dr. Moriarty said he was born in Columbus. Ohio but he lived in Cobalt and East Hampton, this state, from the time he was one year old until he was 16. In 1 901 he played baseball in Hartford in the Eastern League. he said.
 Miss Margaret Finneson of 12S Dwight street, New Britain, testified that she had written to Dr. Moriarty and asked him to come to New Britain and treat her mother. Pros- ecuting Attorney Carlson objected to this testimony on the ground that it was irrelevant. Judge Day said he | would admit the testimony sub- ject to final arguments on the con.
 struction of the statute. The witness
 proceeded 10 testify that the bes , doctors in New Britain had abandon ed hope of curing her mother. a The witness said woman tolC f her mother in a Hartford hospita Q that Dr. Moriarty had cured a wom , an of cancer. This prompted tn, & witness to write to Dr. Moriarty an, Q in her own words begged him {, Q come on and treat mother.' In re
 ply to Prosecuting Attorney Carlson t the witness said Dr. George w . Dunn and Dr. John T. Donnelly 0 . New Britain were unable to cur : her mother. After Dr. Moriart, . treated her she improved notceably 7. she said
 ;. Fred J. Hanson of 3o5 Chestnu . street, New Britain, testified that h, = had investigated cases in which Di :. Moriarty was concerned and on sat I isfying himself that some good hac