State v. Diggins

This is a criminal complaint charging the defendant with violating a traffic ordinance of the city of Providence.

After a plea of guilty before a justice of the police court of the city of Providence, defendant was sentenced to pay a fine of $6 and no costs. He paid the fine and, on the same day, claimed an appeal to the superior court. After a hearing in that court on his plea in abatement which was denied, he admitted sufficient evidence to convict, was found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of $25.

His exceptions to the superior court’s ruling on the plea in abatement and to the decision…