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Statutory Text
SECT. 10. Whoever, when arrested upon a warrant of a magistrate issued against him for an alleged offence against the laws of this state, and whoever, when arrested by a sheriff, deputy-sheriff, constable, police officer, or watchman, while committing a criminal offence against the laws of this state, or a breach or disturbance of the public peace, is armed with or has on his person any slung-shot, metallic knuckles, billy, or other dangerous weapon, shall be punished by fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the jail not exceeding one year.
SECT. 11 . Whoever manufactures or causes to be manufactured, or sells or exposes for sale, an instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as slung-shot, or metallic knuckles, shall be punished by fine of not less than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the jail not exceeding six month.