State v. Nichols
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Criminal Complaint. Heard on motion to quash, and denied.
1Opinion of the CourtBlodgett, J.
After having been tried and adjudged guilty by the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District upon a complaint charging cruel treatment of a horse, preferred under the provisions of section 1 of chapter 114, General Laws, as amended by section 1, chapter 548, Public Laws, the respondent before sentence has questioned the constitutionality of such conviction without previous indictment or presentment by a grand jury, and the constitutional question thus raised is now before the court under the provision of sections 1 and 2 of chapter 250, General Laws.
The question involved is stated in the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Maxwell v. DowSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
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- Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
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