1872 Cleveland Gen. Ordinances 102, An Ordinance to Prevent the Careless Use of Fire-Arms
Abstract
That any person who shall discharge, without injury to any other person, any fire-arm while intentionally without malice aimed at or toward any such person, shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the work house not exceeding thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Summary
The Cleveland ordinance prohibited intentionally pointing a firearm at another person without malice, imposing escalating penalties for pointing, discharging the firearm toward someone without injury, and actually injuring someone. Penalties ranged from a $5 fine for pointing to up to $100 and 90 days in the workhouse when the discharge caused injury.
Law Text
SECTION 1. Be it ordained by the City Council of the city of Cleveland, That any person who shall intentionally, without malice, point or aim any fire-arm at or toward any other person, shall be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars, nor more than fifty dollars.
SEC. 2. That any person who shall discharge, without injury to any other person, any fire-arm while intentionally without malice aimed at or toward any such person, shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the work house not exceeding thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the court.
SEC. 3. That any person who shall maim or injure any other person by the discharge of any fire-arm pointed or aimed intentionally, but without malice, at any such person, shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the work house not exceeding ninety days, or both, at the discretion of the court.
SEC. 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
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Categories
DISCHARGE, BRANDISHING