In Re the Liquors of George W. Hoxsie & Co.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Exceptions to the Court of Common Pleas in proceedings for forfeiture under Pub. Stat. R. 1. cap. 87.
1Opinion of the CourtStiness, J.
The only exceptions presented at the heariifg relate to the sufficiency of the information. Pub. Stat. R. I. cap. 87, § 39, provides that the officer making a seizure of liquors “ shall forthwith proceed to prosecute for the forfeiture thereof in the manner provided by law.” In ■ this case a little over three months elapsed between the seizure and the filing of the information. The defendants therefore claim that the officer, in failing to make complaint “ forthwith,” lost his right to complain at all, and became a trespasser ab initio. We think the provision in the statute is directory. It…
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