Josiah Gould, A Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas Embracing All Laws of a General and Permanent Character in Force the Close of the Session of the General Assembly of 1856, at 380-82 (1837)
| dc.coverage.spatial | Arkansas | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-23T03:08:38Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-11T13:59:39Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-16T23:19:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1837 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Prohibited the concealed carrying of any pistol, dirk, butcher or large knife, sword cane, unless "upon a journey." | |
| dc.description.exceptions | Travelers exempt | |
| dc.description.lawtext | SEC. 13. Every person who shall wear any pistol, dirk, butcher or large knife, or a sword in a cane, concealed as a weapon, unless upon a journey, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, in the county in which the said offence shall have been committed, shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, one half to be paid to the county treasury, the other half to the informer, and shall also be imprisoned not less than one, nor more than six months. | |
| dc.description.summary | This law makes it a misdemeanor to carry concealed weapons unless the person is traveling, with penalties including fines between $25 and $100 and jail time from one to six months. The collected fine is split evenly between the county treasury and the person who reported the offense. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/3301 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=r9NHAQAAIAAJ&pg=GBS.PA380&hl=en | |
| dc.subject | CARRY - CONCEALED | |
| dc.title | Josiah Gould, A Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas Embracing All Laws of a General and Permanent Character in Force the Close of the Session of the General Assembly of 1856, at 380-82 (1837) |