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(Conn.). .1023 THE ATLANTIC REPORTER. VOLUME 70. JOSEPH v. UNION R. CO. (Supreme Court of Rhode Island. June 30, 1908.) APPEAL AND ERROR-REVIEW-QUESTIONS OF FACT. Where, in an action by a passenger for injuries, the evidence decidedly preponderates to the effect that the car did not stop at the switch where plaintiff left it, but that she stepped or jumped from the car while it was in motion, a verdict for plaintiff will be reversed on appeal. [Ed. Note.-For cases in point, see Cent. Dig vol. 3, Appeal and Error, §§ 3938-3943.] Appeal from Superior Court, Providence County. Action by Flora Joseph against the Union Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Reversed, and new trial ordered. Argued before DUBOIS, BLODGETT, JOHNSON, and PARKHURST, JJ. Cooney & Cahill, for plaintiff. Henry W. Hayes and Frank T. Easton, for defendant. PER CURIAM. The evidence very decidedly preponderates to the effect that the car did not stop at the switch where the plaintiff left it, but that she stepped or jumped from the car while it was in motion. Her claim, therefore, that the accident was caused by the defendant's negligence, is not sustained. The defendant's exception to the refusal of its motion for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence, is sustained, and the cause is remitted to the superior court for a new trial. (29 R. I. 254) STATE v. EASTERN COAL CO. et al. SAME v. WARREN et al. (Supreme Court of Rhode Island. June 29, 1908.) 1. CONSPIRACY-CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITYELEMENTS "CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY." Criminal conspiracy is a confederation to do something unlawful, either as a means or an end. [Ed. Note.-For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 10. Conspiracy, §§ 30-39. For other definitions, see Words and Phrases, vol. 2, pp. 1745-1746.] 70 A.-1 2. SAME-COMBINATION-LAWFUL MEANS. What one person may lawfully do a number of persons may unite in doing, without_constituting conspiracy, if the means employed are lawful. [Ed. Note.-For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 10, Conspiracy, § 35.] 3. MONOPOLIES-ELEMENTS-DEFINITION. It is a monopoly when one person alone buys up the whole of one kind of commodity, fixing a price at his own pleasure. [Ed. Note.-For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 35, Monopolies, § 13. For other definitions, see Words and Phrases, vol. 5, pp. 4570-4573.] 4. SAME-COMMON LAW-CRIMINAL LIABILITY. It was a crime at common law to buy up a large quantity of articles so as to obtain a monopoly of it, for the purpose of selling at an unreasonable price. 5. SAME-ENGROSSING-ARTICLES CApable of BEING ENGROSSED-COAL. Coal is an article of prime necessity in this state, and this part of the country, so as to be legally capable of being engrossed. 6. SAME-COMMON LAW-CONSIDERATIONS IN ENFORCEMENT. Gen. Laws 1896, c. 284, § 1, provides that every act and omission which is an offense at common law, and for which no punishment is prescribed by this title, be punished as an offense at common law; and the same provision is contained in Pub. St. 1882, c. 247, § 1, Gen. St. 1872, c. 235, § 1, Rev. St. 1857, c. 219, § 1, and Pub. St. 1844, p. 61. Section 6 of the act establishing the Digest provides that, when no provision is made either at common law or by the Revised Statutes, such statutes as were introduced before the Declaration of Independence, and as have been considered in force, shall be considered as a part of the common law, and remain in force until otherwise provided by statute. Penal Reform Laws (Dig. 1822, p. 353) $ 59, is identical with Dig. 1798, p. 604, § 55, which provides that any common-law offense, for which no punishment is prescribed by this act, shall be punished as a common-law offense. Dig. 1767, pp. 55, 56, provides that all the courts of the colonies shall be governed by criminal statutes of Parliament, so far as they are descriptive of the crime, excepting such statutes as from the nature are confined to Great Britain, and, in the absence of a Colonial law, the laws of England shall be in force. Held, that the common-law crime of engrossing is a part of the common law of this state, though dormant, and, when it becomes necessary to enforce it, the law shall be applied with due regard to circumstances and conditions existing at the time of its enforcement. |