§ 8-3-6. Justices as conservators of peace — Powers in criminal cases.
The justices of the supreme and superior court shall, by virtue of their office, be severally conservators of the peace throughout the state, and shall severally have the same power in criminal cases throughout the state that district courts have in their respective districts.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 35; G.L. 1909, ch. 274, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 324, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch.
497, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 8-3-6.