1837 — Arkansas — Public Carry

Josiah Gould, A Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas All Laws of a General and Permanent Character in Force the Close of the Session of the General Assembly of 1856 381–82 (1858)

Summary

Prohibited the concealed carrying of certain weapons unless upon a journey.

Statutory Text

Sec. 13. Every person who shall wear any pistol, dirk, butcher or large knife, or a sword in a cane, concealed as a weapon, unless upon a journey, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, in the county in which the said offence shall have been committed, shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, one half to be paid into the county treasury, the other half to the informer, and shall also be imprisoned not less than one, nor more than six months.

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Title 1837 — Arkansas — Public Carry
Instrument Edged Weapons
Jurisdiction AR
Date 1837