1849 N.Y. Laws 403
Abstract
Ch. 278, § 1: Prohibited the manufacture, sale, giving, or disposing of any instrument or weapon usually known as a slungshot, and prohibited the carrying any slungshot or similar weapon. Violators guilty of misdemeanor, punishable by fine not less than two hundred and fifty, nor over five hundred dollars, or imprisonment not less than six months, nor over two years.
Summary
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, giving, or disposing of any instrument or weapon usually known as a slungshot, and prohibited the carrying any slungshot or similar weapon. Violators guilty of misdemeanor, punishable by fine not less than two hundred and fifty, nor over five hundred dollars, or imprisonment not less than six months, nor over two years.
Law Text
§ 1. Any person who shall, within this state, hereafter manufacture or cause to be manufactured, or sell, or expose, or keep for sale or gift, or part with any instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as slung shot, or of any similar kinds shall be liable to indictment for misdemeanor, and on conviction, shall be punished by fine of not less than two hundred and fifty, nor over five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in a county jail for not less than six months, nor over two years.
§ 2. Any person who shall, within this state, hereafter carry, or be found in the possession of, or use, or attempt to use, as against any other person, any instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as slung shot or of any similar kind, shall be liable to indictment for felony, and on conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in a state's prison for a term not less than one, nor more than five years.
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Categories
TRANSFER, MANUFACTURE & POSSESSION - NON-GUN ARMS