Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-01-29 | Page 4 | Dr. N. D. Estes Has Been Indicted by Grand Jury

DR. I D. ESTES MS BEEN IDIGIEB By GRAND JURY . The grand jury appeared before Judge Howell this morning and reported re-ported an indictment against Dr. N. D. Estes, charging him in seven counts with prescribing cocaine and morphine to one Lou Epperson who was not under his professional care. The indictment alleges that three prescriptions were written December 7, two on December 8, one on December De-cember 10 and another on November 25, 1913. T. E. Lienhardt, Lou Epperson Epper-son and N. D. Estes are named as the witnesses who testified before the jury. The allegation Is also made that Epperson, for whom the prescriptions pre-scriptions were written, is a habitual user of narcotic drugs, especially morphine. The court ordered the Indictment placed on file and instructed tho clerk to isseu a warrant of arrest for Dr. Estes and to place It In the hands : of the sheriff for service. Sheriff DeVine appeared In tho court toom a few, minutes after the order jvas made and was given the warrant. Dr. Estes was arraigned before Judge J. A. Howell this afternoon and placed under a bond of $500, which the doctor said he would furnish. fur-nish. The defendant will be required to plead to the Indictment Saturday morning. on