Thrasher

This is an appeal from a judgment of the superior court made and entered upon the hearing- of a writ of review, setting aside and annulling an order of the Board of Medical Examiners of the state of California purporting to find and adjudge the respondent guilty of unprofessional conduct, and to revoke his license to practice medicine in this state.

The respondent was charged before said Board of Medical Examiners with unprofessional conduct under the first subdivision of section 14 of the Medical Practice Act, which provides that such unprofessional conduct shall consist in “the procuring or aiding or abetting or attempting or agreeing or offering to procure a criminal abortion.” The respondent appeared before said board upon said charge and a hearing was had, during the course of which certain essential evidence in support of said charge was admitted over the objection of respondent as to its competency. At the conclusion of the hearing the said board adjudged the respondent guilty of the said charge, and ordered his license to practice medicine revoked. Thereupon the respondent applied for a writ of review to the superior court which, upon the hearing on said writ, annulled…