1 Zephaniah Swift, A Digest of the Laws of the State of Connecticut 552 (1822)
Abstract
Chapter X, Trespass on the Case: Required guns to be made innoxious before transferring to an "incautious person."
Summary
Required guns to be made innoxious before transferring to an "incautious person;" makes reference to racial case law.
Law Text
A person before he trusts a gun to an incautious agent, is bound to render it perfectly innocuous. Where the defendant negligently and imprudently entrusted a loaded gun to a young mulatto girl, who discharged it against the son of the plaintiff, and severely wounded him, by which the plaintiff lost his service, and was put to great expense for his care, the defendant was subjected to £100 damages.(d)
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TRANSFER - DANGEROUS PERSONS, ENSLAVED PERSONS & OTHER MINORITIES