State v. Connell

These are two criminal complaints, in one of which the defendant, Donald S. Connell, was charged with bookmaking and in the other with maintaining a room for the registration of bets in violation of G. L. 1956, §11-19-14. The matters were tried to a jury in the Superior Court, which returned a verdict of guilty in each case. In each case the subsequent motion of the defendant for a new trial was denied, and he is now prosecuting a bill of exceptions in this court.

It appears from the record that on October 3, 1963, members of the state police raided a dwelling at 82 Williams Street in the city…