State v. Kartz
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Constitutional questions certified to the Supreme Court under Gen. Stat. R. I. cap. 209, §§ 1-9. This case was a complaint and warrant brought before the Justice Court of the town of Westerly, under Pub. Laws R. I. cap. 889, of April 29, 1881, printed ante, p. 528 sq. The complaint was as follows: “ To J. Alonzo Babcock, Esquire, Trial Justice of the Justice Court of the Town of Westerly, in the County of Washington, in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
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Constitutional questions certified to the Supreme Court under Gen. Stat. R. I. cap. 209, §§ 1-9. This case was a complaint and warrant brought before the Justice Court of the town of Westerly, under Pub. Laws R. I. cap. 889, of April 29, 1881, printed ante, p. 528 sq. The complaint was as follows: “ To J. Alonzo Babcock, Esquire, Trial Justice of the Justice Court of the Town of Westerly, in the County of Washington, in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. “ Courfcland B. Bliven, of said Westerly, a special constable appointed by the town council of said town of Westerly…
1Opinion of the CourtDurfee, C. J.
This is a complaint for the violation of Public Laws R. I. cap. 889, § 23, of April 29, 1881, as follows : “ Every person who shall keep a place in which it is reputed that intoxicating liquors are kept for sale, without having a license therefor, except as provided in section 56 of this chapter, shall be fined not more than twenty dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.” The case has been certified from the Justice Court of Westerly, under Gen. Stat. R. I. cap. 209, on the question whether the section is constitutional. The question is, Can a man be constitutionally fined…
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