Legal Opinion

State v. Ackerman

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided January 10, 1929PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

This case, commenced on a complaint and warrant from the Sixth District Court, went to the Superior Court for a jury trial. Defendant was charged with illegal possession of intoxicating liquors to be used for beverage purposes. After conviction defendant came to this court with many exceptions. Those pressed relate to alleged errors in the charge, alleged erroneous rulings admitting or rejecting evidence, some of which are claimed to have unduly restricted defendant's right of cross-examination, and alleged error in the refusal of the court to grant a new trial on the ground that the verdict…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Dowdell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  2. People v. FredericksCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
  3. Commonwealth v. McCarthyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
  4. Trogdon v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1892
  5. Cohen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1914

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. OuimetteSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1972

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