State v. Raposa

This is a criminal complaint and warrant charging the defendant with a violation of G. L. 1956 (1968 Reenactment) §31-23-26. The case was tried without the intervention of a jury to a Superior Court justice who found the defendant guilty as charged. From this decision the defendant prosecuted a bill of exceptions to this court and the case was heard here on oral arguments and briefs.

Thereafter, our examination of the record as certified by the clerk of the Superior Court disclosed that although the transcript had been submitted to and allowed by the then presiding justice of the Superior…