1875 Mich. Pub. Acts 136
Abstract
No. 97, § 1: Prohibited the setting of any spring or trap gun.
Summary
Prohibited the setting of spring or other gun traps, and anyone killed by such a trap would be charged with manslaughter.
Law Text
SECTION 1. The people of the state of Michigan enact, That if any person shall set any spring or other gun, or any trap or device operating by the firing or explosion of gunpowder or any other explosive, and shall leave or permit the same to be left, except in the immediate presence of some competent person, he shall be deemed to have committed a misdemeanor; and the killing of any person by the firing of a gun or device so set shall be deemed to be manslaughter.
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Categories
TRAP GUNS