§ 11-30-5. Evidence as to intoxicating liquors.
It shall not be necessary to prove an actual sale of intoxicating liquors in any building, place, or tenement, in order to establish the character of such premises as a common nuisance as provided in § 11-30-2 The notorious character of any premises, the notoriously bad or intemperate character of persons visiting them, the keeping of the implements or appurtenances usually appertaining to grog-shops, tippling-shops, or places where intoxicating liquors are sold, shall be evidence that the premises are nuisances within the meaning of §§ 11-30-1 and 11-30-2. Evidence of the sale or keeping of intoxicating liquors for sale in any building, place or tenement shall be evidence that the sale or keeping is illegal, and that the premises are nuisances within the meaning of §§ 11-30-1 and 11-30-2.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 92, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 108, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 120, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 11-30-5.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 11-30-1. - Definitions.
Section 11-30-2. - Unlicensed manufacture or distribution of intoxicating liquor.
Section 11-30-3. - Penalty for common nuisance.
Section 11-30-4. - Penalty for nuisance involving intoxicating liquors.
Section 11-30-5. - Evidence as to intoxicating liquors.
Section 11-30-6. - Annulment of lease by maintenance of nuisance.
Section 11-30-7. - Landlord’s liability for nuisance.
Section 11-30-8. - Entry by police officers of premises — Commanding departure of persons found.
Section 11-30-9. - Officers commanding aid in execution.
Section 11-30-10. - Unlawful sale of beverages by club or association.
Section 11-30-11. - Injunction.
Section 11-30-12. - Slaughterhouses, rendering plants, garbage plants, and brick kilns.
Section 11-30-13. - Burning of decaying and waste substances.