State v. Alix

This is a complaint and warrant charging that the defendant, Roger J. Alix, “* * * [d]id operate or was in direct charge of a hoisting crane of five (5) or more horsepower without obtaining a license to do so as provided in chapter 28-26 of the General Laws, in violation of section 28-26-5 of the General Laws.” The defendant’s plea in abatement was heard and denied on October 7, 1969, and after a trial without the intervention of a jury, the court found the defendant guilty. From that judgment of guilty the defendant has prosecuted a bill of exceptions to this court.

At trial it was not…