Levy v. David

Upon a complaint against the respondents and others for forcibly entering and detaining the Jewish synagogue in Newport, the complainants recovered a judgment in their favor against certain respondents, under Gen. Laws. cap. 271.

The case was heard before a single judge, sitting with a jury, and the defendants against whom the judgment was rendered bring the case before us on certiorari.(1) At the trial they moved to quash the proceedings upon the ground that the complaint did not conform to the statute, Gen. Laws cap. 271, § 1, which requires that a complaint shall be made in writing and…