A person from whom money has been stolen is not entitled to sue for the same until complaint for the crime has been made and process issued thereon.
PER CURIAM.
According to the testimony of the plaintiff, the defendant, Mrs. Burke, robbed her of the $135, for which she sues. This being so, Pub. Stat. R.I. cap. 204, § 22, requires that in order to entitle her to sue for the money, she should have first made a complaint for the crime and had process issued on the complaint. This she did not do. The court, therefore, properly directed a verdict for the defendants.
The petition for a new trial is denied and dismissed, and the case remitted to the Common Pleas Division, with direction to enter judgment on the verdict.