1 John Ray, Digest of the Statutes of the State of Louisiana 387 (1870)
Abstract
If any person shall voluntarily engage in a duel with rapier or small sword, back sword, pistol or other dangerous weapon to the hazard of life, and death shall ensue, the survivor shall, upon conviction, suffer death; and all and every person aiding and abetting as second, agent or abettor, shall, on conviction, be punished as accessories before the fact in murder
Summary
This law made participation in a duel resulting in death punishable as murder, with the surviving duelist subject to the death penalty and any seconds or other participants punishable as accessories to murder.
Law Text
18. [Sec. 801.] If any person shall voluntarily engage in a duel with rapier or small sword, back sword, pistol or other dangerous weapon to the hazard of life, and death shall ensue, the survivor shall, upon conviction, suffer death; and all and every person aiding and abetting as second, agent or abettor, shall, on conviction, be punished as accessories before the fact in murder.
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DUELING