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It will be 

### noted that the tam *b&ak jaalP 16 dot ~fnc’luded

in tha statutewhile the ten@ *slung o&tot* fr lnaludad,but not ba~indl.

Tha Court or Crimlfial Appeals, 1908, in tha oaae of wary v. Stats, 108 6. W. 379, reroraad a oonvlatlon for oarrylng a *slung shot" **and rbtnnndrd**  the Oansa. The oourt ha14 that the weapon lnrol~ad, **duorlbed** es a Wtlok about **8** or **10 inohu**  **long, bdng**  aompornd **of** an ordinary **round** ohalr-round,**being** smaller at ona **and** thnn **the** other, and the small end bsving s.hole bored through It, and **a string**  run through this hole whloh oould **be** hwig on the wrist?; **and** the wlarger end 0) the round had 

### aozpb holes 

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### In it and neemed tiebe fillad dth some kind of 

### ~~talL",-was not a *slung shot* aa prohlbltsdby ATtlole 483,. Paaal Coda OS .texu.

.The oolrrt quotedwith approval Rebetarqa definition of 

### a slosg.s&t 

### aca %mtal ball Crf'amillaLaa with a rtrlng attaohad,a6ad.for,strlkingRi ",*,

TM .Oourt~of

~~riminal.Appea& &lQSl.& tdb:iqaak of 

### Vargacti,stdte, la&jTat. cr. *p., ue;~T9 8. wi.(aj.860, 

### afflrmad~the

aonvlotioncU tha de$a@ant 

### forsarryiag.a alwg bhot, althougb~the~Jndgrmntwas rewarssd and'tha ?anm i ~: "'~ :L':. ~?- ,::L:JN: ;::::-MynbbQ

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oaao to be a alung ah+, Is aaaroaly~ dls+~nibUcI'msktha dasarl@tion o$ the weapon used or'oarriedby 'thedafendafit~

. in ths'aase or Ges~.v. Stats, &Cra:%L W. $79, abom qu&ted, wherein thnt'wetipon.ras 

### heldnot.tqba a alaag,a~ots TM only disaamlble dWBranoe~ in the nature of the two waapose appears ,tobe trivial, that ~belng

### theweapon 3.mVaZgaa v..Statewas eatsnpo6ed~ of ‘apfecs c+ :rtael~'ormatali.ooVmad **by** hone htdb **or** ‘Ieathsf whbrbae .$p”@bary **TV+ ,Sfafe**  **the** wea-. poowas basiaally a round obair-raaii&iuida~oi rood. Thb8a diifbrimab,r being t$lrial atidinconaeQiaezitia1, ft **would** al?- 

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### the Court 

### qf 'criPina$.Appcwli in Vazgae.7. **State** efteotiveily

overruledthe rormer OgkaiOa Of the court as WIBinal **Appsah** In Mary v. State; horsror, no.nsntlOn OtgUTY v. State 1s made In the opinion of Judga Lattlmora in Vargne v. sate.
Ia Ynrgas Y, State the 

### weapona~oknaulad~ed by tha Court of Orisrinal Appsals to be a altxaj~shot was desaribsd as -being a~piaas 

### Or steal or metal 6nU108ad in stripe of

.horse hide, or isether; one end tapering to nherr bg,atgi or 8tnps :sasmaould be 

### fasknsd to ths wrist*. recent pronounament by the Court of CrImlnai Appeals on the dsflnltlon Of n **61USlg**4hot 18 th4t stats8 In the oplnIon by ;Tudge

Graves la the.oasa of %lth f. St&e,.140 S. X. (Sl 462. **In tide**  **cm30**the witaesess **testified that**  **the de**  rsn44nt hit the oomplalnlng **wltnna4** with a *bleak jaak*, whereas the tRf;slaourt convlotod the dsfsrldant for carrying 4 *slung &hot*, The judmnt of oonvlotlon was .thsrelnxv-, tsrssd and th4 oause remanded, one of ths 4rrora of the trial 

### oourtbeing.in the 

### refasalto subs&t the ohargo as requested **by** the Usfsndant dcflnlne the taavm in Wsoam language as **uesd** by **Mr.** Bebuter **or** the Geary **~484~.** Ths approved **84iInltiona** thorsin olt4d am those containsdin 6 C. 3.. p. 119, d&inlag a black jaok~as "a amali leathrr oovered oiub or billy weighted at the head AndyOavlng 4n elsetic &art, thie b4fng a qaotatlon'Prom !Vebster*s Intsrmtlonai Dldtloadry". Tim oourt of cWs&nal Appeal8 alto8 dth approval the definirttoa of a slun~~ahota8 daffnsd In SS C. a. Q. 913i ea a RbaLLef. shat or metal oO+sred'dth lea&her, and a bar&Of slastf0 '01: leathar,ntfpshedto su4h **ball, at&made**  **so that**  **the cr+aa** **oan.** be rt$aoh&to,fha wrist er arm o$ a penon; ti mta& ball or

i%l .fh6 above qumd OpilLiOQths court Of crw Appeals ex&vssly dlrr~n~lated botwssn a *sl.pngshotn a&d **a wb&ak~Jbekr**  an **4ridWocld~** bf 

### the follow3.ng langlugs ot said 

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Irt **Ir** signiilaant to note that the Legislaturs of the Stats of California in &ha *Deadly Weapon&AoiP, Statutes lgl!Zi, p. 5&q, 84% i, prohIblts poao4ssIon of eny Instrumeat or weapon'@ thb kind commonly known ss 4 **.*blaak** jack?, wsluag shot*; etc!i the statuta ftwlf dlotIh&shlly a "bleak jack* front a,msltmas

shot*. The c¶lifereona betmen 4 *biaok jaok* an4 a *sluag shot* has **beon** rsoognlnsd an4 follasd La the,

Honorable 8. 3, Isaacks, Psge 4

callrornla obtvts Interpreting the 

### caiirorniaDeadly weapona Aot 

### In the oanes 

### of People ‘1. Mulberin SS P. (8) 174 lng denied 

### by the suprem Court), mid in People v. Wih %T' I 879 P. 1040, Dlst. ct. ~pp. fallf. In-the lastmeatlooea ease the defendantwas chargedwith goasesslonof e 'blaok **jaakw** or a "slung shot", 

### ana the oourtapproved 

### or the trial oourt*adefinition 

### of.a 

### black jaok 

### as a~“cvaql& 

### leatheroovered 

### club or billy weighted at the end, and havli&an elaatio shatt*. **But** the court farther detlnsd a "slung #hot" 64 a W6mallmu36 

### ormetal or stone 

### riiedon a flexible handle, strap, or the like, used ae a weapon". The court hold that althouha "black 

### jaok* la not a ~lurm shot'. sinoe camvlna of el&r $8 piohl6lted, that ii the d;fandantW88 **found -**  **-** 

### gulm oarryitig elther'a "bleak 

### jack*or a sslung-ahot~ the oonvlotlon should be ailirmcd.