State v. Thurston
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Complaint charging violation of town ordinance. Certified to Supreme Court under Court and Practice Act, sections 478 .and 479.
1Opinion of the CourtDubois, J.
The defendant was arrested upon a complaint and warrant, issued from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, which charged that he “ did operate and drive a certain automobile or motor car on the public highway of said Warwick at a speed greater than fifteen miles per hour, against, the ordinances of said town,” etc,
Before the trial of the case on its merits, the defendant moved to dismiss the complaint on the following ground, viz.: “That the town council of the town of Warwick had no authority in law to pass an ordinance regulating the speed of automobiles; on public highways.”…
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