Unless otherwise specially provided, all fines of and informations founded on any penal statute shall be brought within the county in which the offense was committed, and not elsewhere; provided, that the superior court for the county of Providence shall have jurisdiction of all proceedings for the recovery of more than five hundred dollars ($500) when the offense was committed in the county of Bristol. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 288, § 2; C.P.A. 1905, § 1190; G.L. 1909, ch. 357, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 410, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 631, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-3.
Rhode Island Legal Code