Van Buren v. Texarkana
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEALS from Crawford Circuit. H. F. Thomason, Judge. APPEAL from Miller Circuit Court. C. E. Mitchel, Judge. I. The town had a right to pass the ordinance. Mansf.
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APPEALS from Crawford Circuit. H. F. Thomason, Judge. APPEAL from Miller Circuit Court. C. E. Mitchel, Judge. I. The town had a right to pass the ordinance. Mansf. Dig., sec. 764. The general welfare clause extends to prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons-. 84 Mo., 204. It is necessary to use general terms to confer powers not specifically enumerated. 8 S. W. Rep., 791. See also 37 Ark., 364. The ordinance is cumulative, but not inconsistent with the State laws. 8 S. W. Rep., 791; 4 Neb., iox; Bish., St. Cr., sec. 24; Cooley, Const. Lim., 199, and citations below. 2. A prosecution…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
In the first case the facts are as follows: Wells was accused and convicted, before a justice of the peace of Crawford county, of carrying a pocket pistol concealed about his person within the corporate limits of the town of Van Burén in said county and in this State. At the time this offense was committed, there was in full force ■and effect an ordinance of the town of Van Burén prohibiting the carrying of such pistols and imposing a fine on every person violating the same. After conviction in the justice’s court, he was accused before the mayor of the town of violating this ordinance by the…
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