Mass. Gen. Laws, ch. 194, § 2 (1850), codified at Mass. Gen. Stat. 816, ch. 164 § 11 (1873)
| dc.coverage.spatial | Massachusetts | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T01:55:26Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T13:54:24Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T02:21:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1850 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Prohibited the manufacture or sale of slung-shots or metallic knuckles. Violators fined not less than fifty dollars or imprisoned not exceeding six months. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | SECT. 1. Any person arrested upon the warrant of a magistrate, issued against him for any alleged offence against the laws of this Commonwealth, and any person committing any criminal offence against the laws of this Commonwealth, or any breach or disturbance of the public peace, who may, at the time of the commission of such offence, or breach or disturbance of the public peace, be arrested by any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, or police officer, in this State, and who shall, at the time of such arrest, be armed with any dangerous weapon, of the kind usually called slung shot, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisonment in the common jail or house of correction for a term not exceeding one year. SECT. 2. Any person who shall, within this State, here after manufacture, or cause to be manufactured, or sell, or expose for sale, any instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as slung shot, shall be punished therefor by a fine not less than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the common jail or house of correction, for a term not exceeding six months. | |
| dc.description.summary | The law punishes anyone arrested while carrying a slung-shot (a concealed blunt weapon) during an offense or breach of the peace with up to a $50 fine or one year in jail, and separately prohibits manufacturing, selling, or offering slung-shots for sale, with penalties of at least a $50 fine or up to six months in jail. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4191 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_General_Statutes_of_the_Commonwealth/YngQAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=massachusetts+statutes&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | TRANSFER, MANUFACTURE & POSSESSION - NON-GUN ARMS | |
| dc.subject | CARRY::CARRY - INTENT TO COMMIT CRIME | |
| dc.title | Mass. Gen. Laws, ch. 194, § 2 (1850), codified at Mass. Gen. Stat. 816, ch. 164 § 11 (1873) |