Supreme Court of Rhode Island November 19, 1969, 474-Ex.&c., 475-Ex.&c (State v. Roach)

Kelleher, J.

These are two criminal complaints which charge the defendant with the unlawful possession of lottery tickets — a violation of G. L. 1956, §11-19-5. The cases were consolidated in the Superior Court where a justice of that court found the defendant guilty as charged in both

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A pretrial hearing was held on defendant’s motion to suppress the evidence on the grounds that the police