1887 Terr. of Mont. Comp. Stat. 549
Abstract
Criminal Laws, ch. 10, § 174: Prohibited the carrying of a any pistol, gun, knife, dirk-knife, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon with the intent to assault a person. Punishable by fine up to $100 or imprisonment up to 3 months.
Summary
The law punished individuals found carrying firearms or other offensive weapons with intent to assault another person, imposing fines up to $100 or imprisonment in the county jail for up to three months. It also established penalties for possessing burglary tools or entering buildings with intent to steal.
Law Text
Sec. 174. If any person shall have found upon him or her any pick-lock, crow-key, bit or other instrument or tool, with intent feloniously to break and enter into any dwelling-house, store, shop, warehouse, or other building containing valuable property, or shall be found in any of the aforesaid buildings, with intent to steal any money, goods, and chattels, every person so offending, shall, on conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the territorial prison for a term not less than one year, nor more than five years; and if any person shall have upon him or her any pistol, gun, knife, dirk-knife, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon, with intent to assault any person, every such person, on conviction, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not more than three months.
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Categories
CARRY - INTENT TO COMMIT CRIME