1895 Cal. Stat. 258
Abstract
§ 179: Prohibited the use of a shotgun of larger caliber known as a ten gauge. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor. Possession in the field, on marsh, bay, lake, or stream shall be prima facie evidence of its illegal use.
Summary
This law makes it a misdemeanor to use or possess in hunting areas a shotgun larger than a 10-gauge, with possession in the field serving as presumptive evidence of illegal use, and also prohibits hunting certain game on private or cultivated land where "no shooting" signs are posted without the owner's permission, as well as damaging such signs, with violations treated as misdemeanors.
Law Text
627. Every person who shall use a shotgun of a larger caliber than that commonly known and designated as a number ten gauge, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The proof of the possession of said gun in the field, on marsh, bay, lake, or stream, shall be *prima facie* evidence of its illegal use. Sec. 12. A new section is hereby added to said Penal Code, to be numbered section six hundred and twenty-seven *a*, to read as follows: 627a. Every person who, upon any inclosed or cultivated grounds, which are private property, and where signs are displayed forbidding such shooting, except salt water marsh land, shall shoot any quail, bob-white, pheasant, partridge, grouse, dove, deer, or wild duck, without permission first obtained from the owner or person in possession of such grounds, or who shall maliciously tear down, mutilate, or destroy any sign, signboard, or other notice forbidding shooting on private property, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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CALIBER RESTRICTION