People v. Cordero

Defendant was convicted of having in his possession a firearm having a barrel less than twelve inches in length, capable of being concealed upon his person, he being at the time of such possession not a citizen of the United States. The statute under which he was accused is known as the Deadly Weapons Act (chapter 339, Statutes of 1923, as amended statutes 1931, p. 2316; section 2, Act 1970, Deering’s General Laws.) His violation was evidently deemed to have been free of any criminal intent by reason of the fact that while the statute makes the offense a felony, appellant’s punishment was…