1856 — Texas — Manslaughter Sentence Enhancement

William Simpson Oldham & George W. White, A Digest of the General Statute Laws of the State of Texas: to which are Subjoined the Repealed Laws of the Republic and State of Texas, By, Through, Or Under which Rights Have Accrued 534 (1859)

Summary

If one committed manslaughter with a bowie knife or dagger, they shall be punished for murder.

Statutory Text

ART. 610. If any person be killed with a bowie knife or dagger, under circumstances which woud otherwise render the homicide a case of manslaughter, the killing shall nevertheless be deemed murder, and punished accordingly.

ART. 611. A “bowie knife” or “dagger,” as the terms are here and elsewhere used, means any knife intended to be worn upon the person which is capable of inflicting death, and not commonly known as a pocket knife.

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Title 1856 — Texas — Manslaughter Sentence Enhancement
Conduct Use
Instrument Edged Weapons
Jurisdiction TX
Date 1856