Every person who steals poultry from any building or enclosure in which poultry are kept or confined, or whoever shall receive poultry, knowing it to have been stolen, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by both. One-half (1/2) of any fine imposed under this section shall inure to the complainant.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-41-9