135 Mo. App. 544 | Mo. Ct. App. | 1909
(after stating the facts). — This is very evident that the learned circuit judge tried this case on the theory that section 1862, Revised Statutes 1899, made it unlawful for defendant “to carry concealed upon or about his person any deadly or dangerous weapon,” and that it was unlawful for him to do so unless he came within the exceptions contained in section 1863. There was no substantial evidence bringing this defendant within the exceptions contained in the latter section, and the determination of this
In the case at bar the facts sought to be proven did not, if true, bring the case within the exceptions of section 1863. This statute against carrying deadly weapons concealed on or about the person was enacted to check and prevent, if possible, a practice which has led to innumerable woundings and killings. The evil aimed at and attempted to be corrected by the Legislature of this State is a serious one and the courts owe it to the public to see that the object of the statute is not frittered away by a narrow construction. The intent at which the Legislature aimed the statute was the intent to do the act prohibited by the statute, namely, carrying a deadly weapon concealed upon or about
The judgment of the lower court is affirmed.