The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-05-08
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.
be known and designated as Sections
BOA and Bob.


be known and designated as Sections
BOA and sob.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Section 80 of Article u of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, title
Grimes and Punishments," subtitle
Concealed Weapons" as re-enacted by
Chapter ia of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland of 1904, be and
the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments, and that
two additional Sections be and the
same are hereby added to said Article
27 to follow said Section 80 and to be
known and designated as Sections 30-A
and Bob, the said Section 80 so re-
pealed and re-enacted with amend
ments and said additional Sections
BOA and Bob respectively to read as
follows:
80. Every person who shall wear or
carry any pistol, dirk knife, bowie
knife, slung shot, billy, sand club,
metal knuckles, razor, or any other
dangerous or deadly weapon of any
kind whatsoever open knives except
ed) concealed upon or about his per-
son, and every person who shall wear
or carry any such weapon openly with
the intent or purpose of injuring any
person in any unlawful manner, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined not
more than one thousand dollars, or be
imprisoned in Jail, or the Maryland
House of Correction, for not more than
two years; and in cases of conviction,
if it shall appear from the evidence
that such weapon was carried, con-
cealed as aforesaid or openly, with the
deliberate purpose of injuring the per-
son or destroying the life of another,
the court, or justice of the peace, pre-
siding in the case, shall impose the
highest sentence of Imprisonment
hereinbefore prescribed.
BOA. Nothing in this Act shall be
construed to prevent the carrying of
any of the weapons mentioned in the
preceding Section by an officer of this
State, or of any County or city therein.
who is entitled or required to carry
such weapon as part of his official
equipment, or by any conservator OF
the peace, who is entitled or required
to carry such weapon as part OF his
official equipment, or by any officer or
conservator of the peace of some other
State temporarily sojourning in this
State, or by any special agent of
railway, or by any person who shall
carry such weapon as reasonable
precaution against apprehended dan
ger, but the tribunal before which any
case arising under the provisions of
this Act may be tried, shall have the
right to judge of the reasonableness of
the carrying of any such weapon, and
the proper occasion therefor, under the
evidence in the case.
Bob All prosecutions for violations
of the provisions of the preceding Sec
tons 80 and 30-A of this Act may be
either upon presentment and indict-
ment in any court having criminal
jurisdiction in this State, or by trial
before any justice of the peace in and
for the County or city where the Of
Tense occurs, and jurisdiction original
and concurrent with the said courts
having criminal jurisdiction is hereby
given to the said justices of the peace.
and they shall have power to issue all
processes and do all Acts which may
be necessary for the exercise of said
jurisdiction, and may try and deter
mine all such cases and may pronounce
to the same extent as the aforesaid
courts having criminal jurisdiction
could do in such cases, if such cases
were tried before such court without
a jury; provided, however, that if any
person, when brought before any such
justice having Jurisdiction of the case,
shall, before the trial for the alleged
offense, pray jury trial, or if the
ofo' hn W nj
where the offense occurs shall, before
the trial of such alleged offense, pray
Jury trial on behalf of the State, it
shall be the duty of such justice to
commit such alleged offender for trial,
or to hold him to bail to appear for
trial in the court having criminal juris-
diction in the case, at its then or next
session, and to return said commitment
or recognizance, with the names and
residences of the witnesses for the
prosecution endorsed thereon, forth
with to the Clerk of such court: and
the justice of the peace before whom
the accused Is brought for trial shall
inform him seasonably of his right to
demand a trial by jury.
Section g. And be it enacted, That
nothing in this Act shall be construed
SO as to prevent, or affect in any man
ner, the prosecution of any offense
against the law repealed by this Act
which may have been committed prior
to the passage of this Act, or the pun
ishment provided for such offense.
Section 8. And be it enacted, That
this Act shall take effect from the date
of its passage.
Approved March "a, 1914.