Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 167, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1916 — “Deadly Weapons" in Law. [ARTICLE]

“Deadly Weapons" in Law.

The use to which an article Is put and not the nature of the article determines whether such article Is a dangerous and deadly weapon under a ruling by Judge Keogh of the city court of Norwalk, Conn. In a recent criminal action the defendant was charged with baying struck the complainant with a cylindrical block of wood six inches long and three Inches In diameter. The prosecution claimed that such block was “a dangerous and deadly weapon” within the meaning of the Connecticut criminal code, but Judge Keogh decided otherwise, declaring that If-the prosecution’s claim was true a feather duster used “to tickle a man to death” would also be a dangerous and deadly weapon.