Rhode Island § 11-8-5 § 11-8-5. Breaking and entering other buildings with criminal intent — Railroad cars — Tractor trailers.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 11-8-5 — § 11-8-5. Breaking and entering other buildings with criminal intent — Railroad cars — Tractor trailers.

Rhode Island § 11-8-5

Title 11Criminal Offenses

Ch. 11-8Burglary and Breaking and Entering

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-8-5 (2026).

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§ 11-8-5. Breaking and entering other buildings with criminal intent — Railroad cars — Tractor
               trailers.
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 exce

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§ 11-8-5. Breaking and entering other buildings with criminal intent — Railroad cars — Tractor trailers.

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.

Legislative History

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, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 11-8-5; P.L. 1987, ch. 533, § 1.