The Public Statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1163 (1886)
Abstract
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, giving, or disposing of any instrument or weapon usually known as a slungshot, metallic knuckles, billy, or other dangerous weapon. Violators punished by fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months.
Summary
The law penalizes anyone arrested while carrying concealed dangerous weapons like slung-shots, brass knuckles, or similar items, with fines up to $50 or up to one year in jail, and separately prohibits the manufacture or sale of slung-shots and metallic knuckles, punishable by a minimum $50 fine or up to six months in jail.
Law 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 months.
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TRANSFER, MANUFACTURE & POSSESSION