1905 Ga. Laws 86
Abstract
Rocking or Shooting at or in Cars, § 1: Prohibited throwing rocks or other missiles at, towards, or into any passenger train on a railroad. Also Prohibited shooting any gun, pistol, or firearms of any kind towards or into any such car or while in any such car/ Violators imprisoned one to five years
Summary
This law increases the penalty for throwing objects at or shooting into trains (or firing weapons from inside them), making it punishable by 1 to 5 years in prison, unless a jury recommends leniency, in which case it is treated as a misdemeanor; it applies to both passenger and freight trains.
Law Text
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That section 511, volume 3, of the Code of Georgia, be amended by striking out, at the end of said section, the words, "shall be guilty of a misdemeanor," and inserting in lieu thereof the words, "shall be punished with confinement in the penitentiary from one to five years, unless the jury trying the case shall recommend the prisoner to mercy; in which event he shall be punished as for a misdemeanor," so that said section, when so amended, shall read as follows: Any person who shall throw a rock or other missile at, towards or into any car of any passenger train upon any railroad or street railroad, or shoot any gun, pistol or firearms of any kind at, towards or into any such car, or shoot while in such car, any gun, pistol or other weapon of any kind, shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary from one to five years, unless the jury trying the case shall recommend the prisoner to mercy; in which event he shall be punished as for a misdemeanor; providing that the provisions of this Act shall apply to freight or passenger trains.
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