State v. Frazier

This is an indictment which charges the defendant with the unlawful sale of heroin in violation of the provisions of G. L. 1956, §21-28-32, as amended. The case was tried to a justice of the superior court and a jury which returned a verdict of guilty. His motion for a new trial being denied, the defendant is before us on certain exceptions 1 purportedly taken to various rulings made by the trial justice during the course of the trial.

The bulk of the testimony which led to the conviction of defendant was given by an admitted narcotic addict and prostitute. She purchased the heroin from…