Commonwealth v. McClanahan

JUDGE STITES

delivered the otinion oe the court:

This is a prosecution under the act of March, 1854, prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons.

The indictment was held bad on demurrer, and whether properly so held, is the only question to be considered.

The first section of the act declares, “ that if any person shall hereafter carry any concealed deadly weapons, other than an ordinary pocket-knife — except as provided in the next section — he shall be fined on the first conviction not less than fifty dollars,” &c.

The next section provides that the carrying of such weapons shall be legal in…