State v. Ingram

Citations

• 26 Del. 439
• 3 Boyce 439
• 84 A. 1027
• 1912 Del. LEXIS 53

Syllabus

<p>Weapons—Carrying Concealed Weapons—Defenses.</p> <p>26 Del. Laws, c. 275, amended the law previously prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons by declaring that any person of full age and good, character, desiring to be licensed to carry a concealed weapon for the protection of his person or property, may be licensed to do so on specified conditions. Held, that it was no defense to a prosecution of an unlicensed person for carrying a concealed weapon that he did so to defend himself against one who had threatened to kill him.</p>