State v. Hines
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Exceptions to the Court of Common Pleas. In the first two of the cases under consideration the complaints were as follows, the complaint against Hines being a copy of that against McKenna, except as to names and dates: “ To James W. Blackwood, Esquire, Trial Justice of the Justice Court of the City of Providence, in the County of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
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Exceptions to the Court of Common Pleas. In the first two of the cases under consideration the complaints were as follows, the complaint against Hines being a copy of that against McKenna, except as to names and dates: “ To James W. Blackwood, Esquire, Trial Justice of the Justice Court of the City of Providence, in the County of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. “ Charles H. Hunt, of Providence, in said county, Chief of Police of said city of Providence, on oath complains in the name and behalf of the State, that at said Providence, in said county, on the…
1Opinion of the Court
Peb Cubiam.
These are complaints for the violation of “ An act to regulate and restrain the sale of intoxicating liquors.” Pub. Laws R. I. cap. 508, of June 25, 1875. They come here on exceptions to the decision of the Court of Common Pleas overruling motions in arrest of judgment. They are considered together because they present the same or similar questions. The first complaint is a complaint for selling. The objection to it is that the allegation that the sale was without license is deficient in certainty. The complaint alleges that, at Providence, in the county of Providence, on a day…
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