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service, and that a day be fixed for a hearing. The 

 record of that hearing should show the transac- 

 tions with sufficient clearness so that in the event 

 of a judicial investigation it would be evident to 

 the court exactly what had transpired. The board, 

 or officer having the power to revoke the license, 

 should also have the power to compel the attend- 

 ance of such witnesses as might be deemed neces- 

 sary, with the power to administer the oath; and 

 the defendant should have the privilege of cross 

 examination. Under such conditions, unless other- 

 wise provided by statute, the executive determina- 

 tion would be deemed final as to questions of fact, 

 though the courts would still have jurisdiction as 

 to questions of law.'*^ 



Where the revocation depends upon a former 

 conviction in a court, the notice to the defendant 

 may only state that he is summonsed to appear be- 

 fore the board, or officer, and show cause why his 

 license should not be revoked. If then he fails 

 to appear the license may be at once revoked, the 

 record showing the notice given, the fact of his 

 non-appearance, and the fact of re\'ocation. A 

 physician thus summonsed to appear before a 

 board for a hearing prej^aratory to the revocation 

 of his license is not entitled to an injunction to pre- 

 vent such hearing.^'^ The Arkansas statute provid 

 ed for the revocation of the license of a physician 

 by a mayor upon conviction of any crime involving 

 moral turpitude. Though the sale of liquor is a 

 statutory crime, it does not, according to the court, 



49Nishimura Ekiu v. U. S., Exrs., 109 Minu. 360, 123 N. 

 142 U. S. 651. W. 1074. 



50 Wolf V. Board of Med. 



