1881 — Arkansas — Sentence Enhancement

John H. Cherry, Digest of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Little Rock, with the Constitution of the State of Arkansas; General Incorporation Laws; and All Acts of the General Assembly Relating to the City; in Force March 10, 1882 176 (1882)

Summary

Increased criminal penalties for peacebreakers if caught carrying various weapons. Someone carrying such weapons would be fined at least $25.

Statutory Text

Sec. 425. Whenever there shall be found upon the person of any one, who has been found guilty of a breach of the peace, or for conduct calculated to provoke a breach of the peace, any pistol, revolver, bowie-knife, dirk, rifle, shotgun, slungshot, colt, or knuckles of lead, brass or other metal; or when, upon trial, evidence shall be adduced proving that such weapons were in the possession or on the person of any one while in the act or commission of the act aforesaid, such person shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars, in addition to the penalty for the breach of the peace aforesaid, and double that sum for each repetition of such offense or violation.

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Title 1881 — Arkansas — Sentence Enhancement
Jurisdiction AR
Date 1881