State v. Foster
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Indictment charging defendant with a violation of chap-, ter 163 of the General Laws and its amendments. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtTillinghast, J.
The defendant, who has been convicted .of selling goods, wares, and merchandise as an “itinerant vender,” without first obtaining a license therefor as required by Gen. Laws R. I. cap. 163, as amended by Pub. Laws R. I. cap. 326, now petitions for a new trial on the ground that the verdict is against the evidence, and also on the ground of certain alleged erroneous rulings on the part of the trial court. He also claims that said statute is unconstitutional.
The material facts which appeared in evidence in the case, and which are not in dispute, are as follows:(1) The defendant is a merchant in…
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