History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 653; G.L. 1909, ch. 305, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 356, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 584, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-9-2; Repealed by P.L. 1974, ch. 220, § 2.