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1865 — Utah — Dueling

Acts, Resolutions, and Memorials Passed at the Several Annual Sessions of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah 51 (1866)

Summary

Those who fought in a duel where a death occurs were to be charged with first degree murder.

Statutory Text

SEC. 8.—Whoever fights a duel with deadly weapons, and inflicts amortal wound on his antagonist, wherefrom death ensues, is guilty of murder of the first degree, and shall be punished accordingly.

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Title 1865 — Utah — Dueling
Conduct Use
Instrument Other Arms
Jurisdiction UT
Date 1865