Case Name: Plaut v. State of Ohio
Court: Hamilton Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1899
Citations: 10 Ohio Cir. Dec. 821
Docket Number: 
Parties: Plaut v. State of Ohio.
Judges: 
Reporter: Ohio Circuit Decisions
Volume: 10
Pages: 821–821

Head Matter:
PHYSICIANS — CERTIFICATES.
[Hamilton Circuit Court,
1899.]
Hale, Marvin, and Caldwell, JJ.
(Of the Eighth Circuit, sitting in First Circuit.)'
Plaut v. State of Ohio.
Physician Without Certificate — Emergency No Defense.
The fact that the case in which defendant prescribed was an emergency is no defense to a prosecution for practicing medicine without a certificate
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton county.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
It was contended at the trial below that under the showing that it was an emergency wherein the defendant had prescribed, the jury should be directed to return a verdict of not guilty. The trial judge refused to do, and the circuit sustains this action.