§ 11-19-7

Any court or magistrate having criminal jurisdiction may take judicial notice of the general methods and character of lotteries, policy-lotteries, of the game called policy, pools, or combination bets, and the buying and selling of pools and registering of bets, not authorized by the Rhode Island state police. History of Section.P.L. 1909, ch. 376, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 37; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 36; G.L. 1956, § 11-19-7; P.L. 1975, ch. 41, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 309, § 1.