§ 11-9-4. Contributing to delinquency.
Every person who knowingly or willfully encourages, aids, contributes to, or in any
way causes any child under the age of sixteen (16) years to violate any law of this
state, or the ordinances of any town or city in this state, or who knowingly or willfully
encourages, aids, contributes to, or in any way causes any child under the age of
sixteen (16) years to be guilty of any vicious or immoral conduct, or who, being the
parent, parents, legal guardian, or person having the custody or the control of any
such child, permits or suffers the child to habitually associate with vicious, immoral,
or crimin
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§ 11-9-4. Contributing to delinquency.
Every person who knowingly or willfully encourages, aids, contributes to, or in any
way causes any child under the age of sixteen (16) years to violate any law of this
state, or the ordinances of any town or city in this state, or who knowingly or willfully
encourages, aids, contributes to, or in any way causes any child under the age of
sixteen (16) years to be guilty of any vicious or immoral conduct, or who, being the
parent, parents, legal guardian, or person having the custody or the control of any
such child, permits or suffers the child to habitually associate with vicious, immoral,
or criminal persons, or to grow up in ignorance, idleness, or crime, or to wander
about the streets of any city or town in the nighttime without being in any lawful
business or occupation, or to enter any house of ill fame, policy shop, or place where
any gambling is carried on or gaming device is operated, or to enter any place where
intoxicating liquors are sold, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned not exceeding
one year.