Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1899 — Dr. Kirk is Acquitted. [ARTICLE]

Dr. Kirk is Acquitted.

The trial of Dr. A. E. Kirk, formerly of Rensselaer, now of Parr, took place at Brazil, Clay county, last Wednesday, Oct, 18th, and resulted as we have all along claimed that it would. The principal witness was Dr. W. F. Curryer, secretary of the State Board of Medical Registration and Examination was the first witness examined. His testimony related to the issuance of a certificate to Dr. John P. Shepard, whose certificate it was claimed, was afterward changed so as to contain the name of Dr. Kirk instead of Dr. Shepherd. At the conclusion of the evidence on the part of the State the defense moved the Court to instruct the jury to return a verdict of not guilty and the Court sustained the motion asserting that the State had failed to make out their case. The defendant was accordingly discharged.