Every person who shall break and enter or enter in the nighttime, with intent to commit larceny or any felony or misdemeanor in it, any barn, stable, carriage house, or other building, for the breaking and entering or entering of which with that intent no punishment is otherwise prescribed by this title, and every person who shall at any time break and enter or enter any railroad car or the trailer portion of a tractor trailer or break any lock or seal on it with intent to commit larceny or other crime, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-8-5
Breaking and entering other buildings with criminal intent — Railroad cars — Tractor trailers
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case United States v. Bennett (2006)
Most recently applied in United States v. Bennett (November 2006)
G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 10; P.L. 1897, ch. 454, § 1; P.L. 1908, ch. 1568, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 10; P.L. 1922, ch. 2233, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § …
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