Back | Home ]  [Cite as State v. Jumel, 13 La. Ann. 399 (1858).]
(Monroe. July, 1858.)  The statute against carrying concealed
weapons does not infringe the constitutional right of the people
to keep and bear arms--it is a measure of police prohibiting
only a particular mode of bearing arms, which is found dangerous
to the peace of society.  A prosecution for the "offence" is
only barred by the lapse of one year.  Appeal from the district
court of the parish of Ouachita, Richardson, J.  F.R. Stubbs,
District Attorney, for the State.  Baker & Harris, for
appellant.  SPOFFORD, J. The defendant and appellant was
indicted on the 29th April, 1856 for having, on the 17th
September, 1855, carried a weapon concealed about his person, an
offence punishable under the Act of March 14th, 1855, sec. 115,
(Sess. Acts, p. 148,) by a fine not less than $250, nor more
than $500, or imprisonment for one month.  I. It is urged that
the law is repugnant to that provision of the Constitution of
the United States which declares,