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Dawley v. Wilcox

55 A. 753, 25 R.I. 297, 1903 R.I. LEXIS 69
CourtSupreme Court of Rhode Island
DecidedJune 27, 1903
StatusPublished

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

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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55 A. 753, 25 R.I. 297, 1903 R.I. LEXIS 69, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/dawley-v-wilcox-ri-1903.