§ 11-19-8 - Policy devices as evidence of existence of game. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 11-19-8

   § 11-19-8  Policy devices as evidence ofexistence of game. – In the trial of a complaint or indictment to which it may be relevant anylottery, policy, or pool ticket, certificate, slip, or check, manifold, orother policy or pool book or sheet, or memorandum of any pool or sale of pools,or of a bet or odds, or combination bet, or any other implement, apparatus,materials, or articles of a character commonly employed in or in connectionwith lotteries, policy-lotteries, or policy, the buying or selling of pools, orregistering of bets, or other form of gaming not authorized by the Rhode Islandstate police shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and unlawfulcharacter of a lottery, policy-lottery, or game, pool or pools, bet, game, orhazard, or other form of gaming in which like articles are commonly used, andthat the article has relation to it.