The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-01-04
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zens.
Sec. 6. That IL any application is filed
under the provisions of this act with any
forged name signed or endorsed thereon,
the license issued thereon shall be void
and shall be no protection to the person
to whom 1t was issued.
Sec. Z. That If any license should issue
under the provision of this act and it
should afterwards be brought to tl.e at
tention Of the probate judge issuing the
same that any one or more of the persons
whose names are signed or endorsed on
the application upon which said license
issued, did not, at the time of signing
or endorsing the same, possess the quail
ifications prescribed in this act, 1t shall
be the duty of such probate judge to
issue citation to the person obtaining
such license, to appear before him within
thirty days. and show cause why the
license issued to him should not be re-
voked and cancelled. Such citation may
be served by any sheriff in the state. If,
upon the hearing, it should appear that
one or more of the persons signing or
endorsing such application did not, at
the time of signing, possess the qualifica-
lions prescribed In this act it shall be
the duty of such probate judge to make
an order revolving annulilng and cancell-
ing such license, and taxing the costs
against such person, ad shall note such
order and the date thereof, opposite the
name of such person in the record pre-
scribed to be kept in section three 90
of this act; provided that any such per-
son whose license has been cancelled may
reinstate the same within ten days after
such order of cncellation, by securing on
his said application the required number
of endorsers possessing the necessary
qualifications under this act, and by pay
ing the costs taxed against him ON said
hearing.
That IL any person to whom license
has been issued under the provisions of
this act shall thereafter be convicted in
any court of this state having jurisdic-
ton of a forcible felony, such convic-
ton, until reversed. shall ipso facto re-
woke annul and cancel such license.
Sec. s. That any person who, for the
purpose Of securing a license under the
provisions of this act, falsely makes or
FORCES, or causes to be falsely made or
forged, any name to any application for
such purpose, or signs any false or ficti-
tious name thereto, shall be guilty of
forgery in the third degree, and any per-
son who shall take or make any false
affidavit required to be made in this act
shall be guilty of perjury.
Sec. g. That 1t shall be the duty of the
Judges OF all courts of record in this state
having grand juries to give this act in
special charge, and 1t shall be the duty
of the grand juries to investigate the
records required to be kept under it's pro-
visions. and to indict any person who has
committed any criminal offense, and also
to report upon any neglect or failure to
comply with all the requirements of this
act.
Sec. 10. That the following shall be a
sufficient form of complaint, affidavit for
warrant of arrest, or indictment under
this act: "A. b. before the finding OF
this Indictment did carry concealed about
his person a pistol Cor firearms of any
other kind or description. bowie knife,
dirk or knife of like kind, as the case
may bel, without a license and contrary
to law"
That In all prosecutions under this act
the burden of proof shall be upon the
defendant to show that he had taken out
the license provided for in section one "a
hereof, and that such license at the time
of the commencement of the prosecution
was In full force and effect
Sec. II. That all laws and parts of laws
In conflict with the provisions of this act
are hereby expressly repealed; provided
that this act shall not go into effect until
the first day Of July, 1908.