2 Albert G. Hodges, A Digest of the Statute Laws of Kentucky 1281 (1834)
Abstract
§ 13 provided one- to five-year prison sentence for wounding another nonfatally with a deadly weapon. § 15 provided one- to two-year prison sentence for assault and attempted robbery.
Summary
Maliciously shooting, stabbing, or wounding someone with intent to kill is punishable by 1–5 years in prison, and assaulting or threatening someone with a weapon in an attempt to rob them is punishable by 1–2 years in prison.
Law Text
Sec. 13. If any person shall willfully and maliciously shoot at and wound without killing any person with a gun or other instrument loaded with a leaden bullet, or other substance; or shall willfully and maliciously cut or stab any person [...] with an intention to kill [...] ; such offender, his aiders, abettors and counselors, shall undergo a confinement in the jail and penitentiary for a period of [one to five years]. [...] Sec. 15. If any person or persons, with any offensive weapon or instrument, unlawfully and maliciously shall assault, or shall by menaces, or in any forcible or violent manner, demand any money, goods or chattels of, or from any other person or persons, with a felonious intent to rob [...] such offender, his aiders, abettors, and counselors, shall undergo a confinement in the jail and penitentiary for [one to two years].
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COMMITTING CRIME W/ WEAPON
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