State v. Robbins

On November 25, 1916, the defendant was arrested upon a complaint and warrant issued out of the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District charging him with performing a criminal operation upon the body of one Dorothy Vivian Hughes which resulted in her death. On the same day the defendant was arraigned upon said complaint, pleaded not guilty, and furnished bail.

On December 4, 1916, the defendant was indicted by the Grand Jury for the counties of Providence and Bristol for the same offence. Upon this indictment the defendant was arraigned in the Superior Court, December 16, 1916, pleaded…