1865 — Utah — Gun Trap

Acts, Resolutions, and Memorials Passed at the Several Annual Sessions of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah 59 (1866)

Summary

Setting a trap gun was illegal, punishable by a fine of up to $500. Violators could also face imprisonment.

Statutory Text

SEC. 102.—If any person maliciously injure, deface or destroy any building or fixture attached thereto, or wilfully and maliciously injure, destroy or secrete any goods, chattels or valuable paper of another, ormaliciously, prepare any dead fall, or dig any pit, or set any gun, or arrange any other trap to injure another’s person or property, he shall be imprisoned not more than one year, or fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or both fined and imprisoned at the discretion of the court; and is liable to the party injured in a sum equal to three times the value of the property so destroyed or injured or damage sustained, in a civil action.

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Title 1865 — Utah — Gun Trap
Conduct Use
Instrument Firearms, Other Arms
Jurisdiction UT
Date 1865