Report of Proceedings of the Illinois Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting Volume 19 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ..."And this deponent further says that on the nth day of February, 1898, he went to the justice court of A. R. Porter, and when the case was called for trial he informed said justica that he had compromised the matter with Kitt Gould. Justice Porter said that he had been notified to that effect by said Kitt Gould, and the said justice imposed a fine upon this defendant of $20 and costs; this.deponent, through his attorney, protested against this fine upon the ground that the lowest fine permitted under the statute was $ 10 and costs of suit, amounting in all to $18.90, which this deponent paid; and this deponent further says that at said time and place when this case was called, there was no trial of said cause and no witnesses sworn therein. "And this deponent further says that very shortly thereafter, towit., on the 19th day of February, 1898, the said Kitt Gould called this deponent up by telephone and told him that he, this deponent, well knew that the fine in said cause was to have been $20, and in consequence of this deponent having had the fine fixed at $10, that he, the said Kitt Gould, would immediately seek another cause of action to bring against this deponent, and deponent further says that on or about the 3d day of April, 1898, deponent was again summoned to appear before Justice Porter, at Hyde Park to answer to a like charge as hereinbefore mentioned, for which he, deponent, was fined the sum of $20 and costs; and deponent further says that at the time the last charge was brought against him he was confined to his home with typhoid fever, and was compelled to hire and did hire a registered pharmacist who was in constant charge of the store of this deponent, the registered pharmacist having his meals brought to him in the...