J.F. Bullitt & John Feland, The General Statutes of Kentucky 359 (1881)
| dc.coverage.spatial | Kentucky | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T00:41:40Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T19:17:17Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T01:52:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1880 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Ch. 29, art. 29,§ 1: If any person shall carry concealed a deadly weapon upon or about his person other than an ordinary pocket knife, or shall sell a deadly weapon to a minor other than an ordinary pocket knife, such person shall, upon indictment and conviction, be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, and imprisoned in the county jail for not less than ten nor more than thirty days, in the discretion of the court or jury trying the case. | |
| dc.description.exceptions | pocket knives, defense, sheriffs, constables, marshalls | |
| dc.description.lawtext | § 1: If any person shall carry concealed a deadly weapon upon or about his person other than an ordinary pocket knife, or shall sell a deadly weapon to a minor other than an ordinary pocket knife, such person shall, upon indictment and conviction, be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, and imprisoned in the county jail for not less than ten nor more than thirty days, in the discretion of the court or jury trying the case. § 2. That it shall be the duty of all ministerial officers in this State to apprehend such violator within their knowledge of this act, and to take such persons before a magistrate of the county in which said offense was committed; and if said magistrate shall, upon hearing the evidence, believe such accused person guilty of the offense charged, he shall require such accused person to give such bail as will insure his or her appearance at the next term of the circuit court for said county, to answer any indictment found against him or her in said court for said offense. § 3. If any such officer shall knowingly and willfully fail or refuse to discharge the duties imposed and required of him under this act, he shall, upon indictment found by the grand jury of his county, and on conviction, be fined in a sum of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars. § 4. That if judgment shall be confessed under this article, the penalty shall be the highest punishment imposed herein. § 5. Carrying concealed deadly weapons shall be lawful in the following cases: 1st. When the person has reasonable grounds to believe his person or the person of some of his family, or his property is in immediate danger from violence or crime; 2d. By sheriffs, constables, marshals, policemen, and other ministerial officers, when necessary for their protection in the discharge of their official duties. | |
| dc.description.summary | This statute criminalizes the sale of deadly weapons to minors and the carrying of concealed deadly weapons (excluding pocket knives), penalizing violators with a fine up to $100 and a mandatory 10-to-30-day jail sentence. It legally compels law enforcement to arrest offenders or face a grand jury indictment and a fine up to $500 for failing to do so. Finally, the law enforces maximum penalties upon confessed judgments, while providing strict exemptions for active peace officers and individuals facing immediate, reasonable threats of violence to their person, family, or property. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/3969 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_General_Statutes_of_Kentucky/wOokAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA359&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | CARRY - CONCEALED | |
| dc.subject | TRANSFER - MINORS | |
| dc.title | J.F. Bullitt & John Feland, The General Statutes of Kentucky 359 (1881) |