State v. Murphy
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Exceptions to tbe Court of Common Pleas. A complaint and warrant issued against tbe defendant from tbe District Court of tbe First Judicial District for keeping for sale intoxicating liquors. After being adjudged guilty he appealed to the Court of Common Pleas, where be moved that tbe complaint be quashed for uncertainty, and on tbe dismissal of bis motion brought tbe case by exceptions into this court.
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Exceptions to tbe Court of Common Pleas. A complaint and warrant issued against tbe defendant from tbe District Court of tbe First Judicial District for keeping for sale intoxicating liquors. After being adjudged guilty he appealed to the Court of Common Pleas, where be moved that tbe complaint be quashed for uncertainty, and on tbe dismissal of bis motion brought tbe case by exceptions into this court. April 8, 1887, this court requested counsel to submit briefs on the question, “ Whether, witbin the meaning of Pub. Laws R. I. cap. 596, § 1, beeping ‘ for the purposes of sale and delivery…
1Opinion of the CourtDubeee, C. J.
The defendant is complained of for keeping intoxicating liquors for sale in Newport on August 20, 1886. The complaint is made under Pub. Laws R. I. cap. 596, of May 27, 1886. The first section of cap. 596 enacts : “ No person shall manufacture or sell, or suffer to be manufactured or sold, or keep or suffer to be kept on his premises or possessions or under his charge, for the purposes of sale and delivery within this State, any ale, wine, rum, or other strong or malt or intoxicating liquors, or mixed liquors a part of which is ale, wine, rum, or other strong or malt or intoxicating liquors,…
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