Dawley v. Wilcox

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Dawley v. Wilcox

55 A. 753, 25 R.I. 297, 1903 R.I. LEXIS 69

Supreme Court of Rhode Island·Decided June 27, 1903·Published

Opinion

Per Curiam.

This is a petition for habeas corpus, brought against the keeper of the Providence county jail, claiming that the petitioner is illegally held in said jail, because, having been convicted of illegal sales of liquor in Washington county, the penalty for which, Gen. Laws cap. 102, § 21, is: “He shall be fined twenty dollars and be imprisoned in the county jail ten days,” does not authorize a sentence to the jail of another county.

*298 Clarence A. Aldrich, for petitioner. George H. Ruddy, Jr., for respondent.

The court is of opinion that Gen. Laws cap. 285, §§39 and 45, expressly authorize such a sentence.

Petition denied.

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Per Curiam.

This is a petition for habeas corpus, brought against the keeper of the Providence county jail, claiming that the petitioner is illegally held in said jail, because, having been convicted of illegal sales of liquor in Washington county, the penalty for which, Gen. Laws cap. 102, § 21, is: “He shall be fined twenty dollars and be imprisoned in the county jail ten days,” does not authorize a sentence to the jail of another county.

*298 Clarence A. Aldrich, for petitioner. George H. Ruddy, Jr., for respondent.

The court is of opinion that Gen. Laws cap. 285, §§39 and 45, expressly authorize such a sentence.

Petition denied.

Dawley v. Wilcox, 55 A. 753, 25 R.I. 297, 1903 R.I. LEXIS 69 (R.I. 1903).

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