State v. Waldron

Durfee, C J.

This case comes up from the Court of Common Pleas on exceptions. It is an indictment charging the defendant with keeping and maintaining a liquor nuisance in violation of Pub. Stat. R. I. cap. 80, §§ 1, 2. The exception was taken to the admission of testimony of reputation under § 3. The exception is stated as follows, to wit:

“ The State asked all or nearly all of its witnesses to testify as to their knowledge of the notorious character of the place kept by the defendant. In reply to these questions the witnesses stated that the reputation of the place was bad; that they had heard…