1867 Ga. Code 873
| dc.coverage.spatial | Georgia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-23T23:50:41Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-11T14:56:13Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T00:51:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1866 | |
| dc.description.abstract | § 4443: Prohibited deliberately challenging or accepting a duel with a sword, pistol, or other deadly weapon. Violators fined not less than five hundred dollars and imprisoned for any time not exceeding six months. | |
| dc.description.exceptions | Militia Muster-grounds | |
| dc.description.lawtext | §4443. If any person shall deliberately challenge, by word or writing, the person of another, to fight with sword, pistol, or other deadly weapon, or if any person so challenged shall accept the said challenge, in either case, such person so giving, or sending, or accepting any such challenge, shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine not less than five hundred dollars, and be imprisoned in the common jail of the County for any time not exceeding six months. Or, if the jury should so recommend, such person shall, in addition to the fine herein imposed, be punished by imprisonment and labor in the penitentiary for any time not less than one year, nor longer than two years.* §4444. If any person shall knowingly and willfully carry and deliver any written or printed challenge, or verbally deliver any message or challenge to another, to fight with sword, pistol, or other deadly weapon, or shall consent to be a second in any such duel or combat, such person so offending shall, on conviction, be punished in the same manner as prescribed in the preceding Section. §4445. If any person shall be engaged in the act of fighting a duel, with sword, pistol, or other deadly weapon, either as principal or second, such person shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor, and on conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment and labor in the penitentiary for any time not less than four years, nor longer than eight years; provided, nevertheless, that if death should ensue from such duel, then all the parties, both principals and seconds, shall be guilty of murder, and suffer the punishment of death, [but the punishment may commuted in conformity with the provisions of Section 4257 of this Code.] (a) §4446. If any Justice, or other public officer bound to preserve the public peace, shall have knowledge of an intention in any person or persons to fight with any deadly weapon, and shall not use and exert his official authority to arrest the parties and prevent the duel, by binding over the parties concerned to keep the peace toward each other, such Judge, Justice, or other peace officer so offending, shall, on conviction, be dismissed from office. | |
| dc.description.summary | These laws criminalize all aspects of dueling: issuing or accepting a challenge to fight with deadly weapons is punishable by heavy fines and jail or prison time; carrying or delivering a challenge or serving as a second is punished the same way; actually participating in a duel brings harsher prison sentences, and if someone dies, all involved can be charged with murder; additionally, public officials who know about a planned duel and fail to act to prevent it can be removed from office. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/3587 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Code_of_the_State_of_Georgia/MMtJAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA873&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | DUELING | |
| dc.title | 1867 Ga. Code 873 |