Case Name: State of Iowa, Appellee, v. H. A. A. Edmund, Appellant
Court: Iowa Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Iowa
Decision Date: 1916-05-02
Citations: 176 Iowa 95
Docket Number: 
Parties: State of Iowa, Appellee, v. H. A. A. Edmund, Appellant.
Judges: Evans, C. J., Weaver and Preston, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Iowa Reports
Volume: 176
Pages: 95–96

Head Matter:
State of Iowa, Appellee, v. H. A. A. Edmund, Appellant.
1 CRIMINAL LAW: Appeal — Record—Insufficiency. Alleged error in overruling a motion for directed verdict and in the giving of instructions will be disregarded when the record on appeal fails to show (a) that any such motion was ever made and (b) that any ' exceptions were ever taken to the instructions. A general omnibus exception to the instructions as a whole is insufficient.
2 CRIMINAL LAW: Trial — Instructions—Stating Substance of Statute. An instruction in a criminal case which states the substance of the statute under which accused is being prosecuted is unobjectionable. So’held under the Medical Practitioners’ Act.
Appeal from Story District Court. — H. E. Fry, Judge.
Tuesday, May 2, 1916.
Dependant was convicted of illegally practicing the healing art without a license, and appeals.
Affirmed.
Sol. L. Long and C. H. Pasley, for appellant.
George Cosson, Attorney General, John Fletcher, Assistant Attorney General, and F. E. Hansen, for appellee.

Opinion:
Deemer, J.
Defendant is what is called a ' ' chiropractor, ' ' and, upon trial to a jury, he was convicted of assuming the duties of a physician and of treating persons afflicted with disease, without having a license from the State Board of Medical Examiners. In the filed for jfim; ft ft eiaime(j that the court erred in overruling his motion for a directed verdict, and in its instructions to the jury.
The record does not show that any motion, either for a directed verdict or for a new trial, was ever filed, and it does not appear that any exceptions were taken to the instructions, as the law requires. A general exception appears to be noted to the instructions as a whole, in these words: "To all of which defendant duly excepted." Some rulings on the admission, and rejection of .testimony were excepted to, but none of these are challenged in the briefs.
The argument proceeds upon the theory that no conviction should have been had, because it was not shown that any of the patients whom defendant treated were afflicted with a disease. Instruction No. 4, given by the trial court, is complained of in argument; but, as it merely states the substance of our Medical Practice Act, there is no merit in the complaint, even if it had been properly excepted to. The record is not such as to present any question for review; and, had it been, we discover no error.
The judgment must therefore be, and it is — Affirmed.
Evans, C. J., Weaver and Preston, JJ., concur.