LEGAL DOCUMENT

Case: In re The Liquors of Peter Germain
Citation: 21 R.I. 531
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1900-01-31
Docket Number: 
Pages: 531–531
Volume: 21
Reporter: Rhode Island Reports

Parties: In re The Liquors of Peter Germain.

In re The Liquors of Peter Germain.
PROVIDENCE-
JANUARY 31, 1900.
Present : Matteson, C. J., Stiness and Tillinghast, JJ.
(1) Intoxicating Liquors. Seizure and Forfeiture. Information and Procedure.
An information for the forfeiture of intoxicating liquors is fatally defective where it does not appear that the liquors were seized by virtue of a search-warrant, and it appears that the officer who made the seizure did not make the complaint, and it does not appear that the person by • whom the complaint was made was designated for that purpose by the court, as required by Gen. Laws R. I. cap. 102, §§ 29-33.
Information seeking the forfeiture of certain liquors. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. Heard on petition of defendant for new trial. New trial granted.
Willarcl B. Tanner, Attorney-General, for State,
Clarence A. Aldrich, for defendant.

Per Curiam.
We think the proceeding is fatally defective : first, because it does not appear that the liquors were seized by virtue of a search-warrant, as required by statute; second, because it appears that the officer who made the seizure did not make the complaint, and it does not appear that the person by whom the complaint was made was designated for that purpose by the court. Gen. Laws R. I. cap. 102. State v. Snow, 3 R. I. 64; Liquors of Horgan, 16 R. I. 542. For these reasons a new trial is granted, and the case remitted to the Common Pleas Division with direction to quash.