1811 Md. Laws 465
Abstract
§ 4: Prohibited carrying any pistol, hanger, cutlass, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon with intent to feloniously assault any person, or to be found in any dwelling house, warehouse, stable, or outhouse, garden, or area of a house with intent to steal goods or chattels.
Summary
This provision treats a person as a “rogue and vagabond” if they are found with burglary tools or offensive weapons (like pistols or cutlasses) while intending to commit burglary, assault, or theft. Upon conviction, the person can be sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for 3 months to 2 years.
Law Text
4th. If any person shall be apprehended, having upon him or her any picklock, key, crow, jack, bit or other implement, with an intent feloniously to break and enter into any dwelling-house, ware-house, stable or out-house, or shall have upon him or her any pistol, hanger, cutlass, bludgeon or other offensive weapon, with intent feloniously to assault any person, or shall be found in or upon any dwelling-house, ware-house, stable or out-house, or in any enclosed yard or garden, or area belonging to any house, with an intent to steal any goods or chattels, every such person shall be deemed a rogue and vagabond, and, on being duly convicted thereof, shall be sentenced to undergo a confinement in the said penitentiary for a period of time not less than three months nor more than two years, to be treated as the law prescribes.
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Categories
CARRY - INTENT TO COMMIT CRIME