3 R.I. 280
Decided March 6, 1856
Supreme Court of Rhode Island · decided 1856-03-06
This defendant was found guilty upon an indictment charging him with the offence of common selling, under the eighth section of the act for the more effectual suppression of drinking houses and tippling shops; but before judgment he moved in afroát, on the ground that the indictment alleged, that at the times when he is charged thereby with being a common seller of ale, wine, &c., at Newport, ho was not a legally appointed agent of the town of Newport for the sale of liquor…
Decided 1856-03-06
¶1 It is not necessary in an indictment for this offence, to set forth in the indictment the mode or manner in which the defendant was not appointed agent of the place where the sales of liquors are made, to mate sales in such place. An averment that he was not “duly” or was not “legally” appointed, or that he “was not appointed” such agent, or “was not such agent,” at the time of the sales complained of, is fully sufficient.
¶2 Motion overruled.