Summary
Law prohibited the concealed carry of pistols, firearms, and knives without good reason, punishable by a fine up to $100.
Statutory Text
§ 428. Any person who, not being threatened with or having good reason to apprehend an attack, or travelling or setting out on a journey, carries concealed about his person a bowie-knife or any other knife of like kind or description, or a pistol or fire-arms of any other kind or description, air gun, slung-shot, brass-knuckles, or other deadly or dangerous weapon, must, on conviction, be fined not less than one nor more than one hundred dollars.
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Title
1879 — Montgomery, Alabama — Concealed Carry
Conduct
Public Possession & Carry
Instrument
Edged Weapons, Firearms
Jurisdiction
AL
Date
1879