Summary
Persons who give arms to "incautious person[s]" are to ensure the arm is "perfectly innoxious."
Statutory Text
A person, before he trusts a gun with an incautious person, is bound to render it perfectly innoxious. Where the defendant negligently and imprudently entrusted a loaded gun to a young mulatto girl, who discharged it against the son of the plaintiff, and severely wounded him by which the plaintiff lost his service and was put to great expense for his cure, the defendant was subjected to 100 pounds damages.
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Title
1871 — Connecticut — Dangerous Person Law
Conduct
Transfer & Sale
Instrument
Firearms
Jurisdiction
CT
Date
1871