It will be noted that the tam *b&ak jaalP 16

dot ~fnc’luded in tha statute while the ten@ *slung o&tot* fr lnaludad, but not ba~indl.

Tha Court or Crimlfial Appeals, 1908, in tha oaae

of wary v. Stats, 108 6. W. 379, reroraad a oonvlatlon for oarrylng a *slung shot" and rbtnnndrd the Oansa. The oourt ha14 that the weapon lnrol~ad, duorlbed es a Wtlok about 8 10 inohu long, bdng aompornd of an ordinary round ohalr-round, being smaller at ona and thnn the other, and the small end bsving s.hole bored through It, and a string run through this hole whloh oould be hwig on the wrist?; and the wlarger end 0) the round had aozpb holes bored it and neemed tie be fillad dth some kind of ~~talL",-was not a *slung shot* aa prohlbltsd by ATtlole 483,. Paaal Coda OS .texu. . The oolrrt quoted with approval Rebetarqa definition of slosg.s&t aca %mtal ball Crf 'amill aLaa with a rtrlng attaohad, a6ad. for, strlkingRi ",*,

TM .Oourt~of ~~riminal.Appea& &lQSl.& tdb:iqaak Vargacti, stdte, la&j Tat. cr. *p., ue;~T9 8. wi.(aj.860, afflrmad~the aonvlotion cU tha de$a@ant for sarryiag.a alwg bhot, althougb~the~Jndgrmnt was rewarssd and'tha ?anm i ~: "'~ :L':. ~?- ,::L:JN: ;::::-MynbbQ .:hwprot%eQux&:gge@@~+. .,..,~~.~~~,o~~~~,~~~~.:,:f~. _, i: rr i ,~~ :_ ~ ?‘..> +& ,. :. .~... .: pan aokmwlsdged by the .Cfmrt of Criminnl Appaal&:i%i

oaao to be a alung ah+, Is aaaroaly~ dls+~nibUcI'msktha dasarl@tion o$ the weapon used or'oarried by 'the dafendafit~ in ths'aase or Ges~.v. Stats, &Cra:%L W. $79, abom qu&ted, . wherein thnt'wetipon.ras held not.tqba a alaag,a~ots TM only disaamlble dWBranoe~ in the nature of the two waa- pose appears ,to be trivial, that ~belng weapon 3.mVaZgaa v..State was eatsnpo6ed~ of ‘a pfecs c+ :rtael~'ormatali.ooVmad hone htdb ‘Ieathsf whbrbae .$p”@bary TV+ ,Sfafe the wea-. poo was basiaally a round obair-raaii&iuida~oi rood. Thb8a being t$lrial atid inconaeQiaezitia1, ft would al?- diifbrimab,r pear that Court qf 'criPina$.Appcwli in Vazgae.7. State efteotiveily overruled the rormer OgkaiOa Of the court as WIB- inal Appsah In Mary v. State; horsror, no.nsntlOn OtgUTY v. State 1s made In the opinion of Judga Lattlmora in Vargne v. sate.

Ia Ynrgas Y, State the weapon a~oknaulad~ed by tha

Court of Orisrinal Appsals to be a altxaj~shot was desaribsd as -being a~ piaas Or steal or metal 6nU108ad in stripe of *3 horse hide, or isether; one end tapering to nherr bg,atgi or 8tnps :sasm aould be fasknsd to ths wrist*.

recent pronounament by the Court of CrImlnai Appeals on the dsflnltlon Of n 61USlg 4hot 18 th4t stats8 In the opln- Ion by ;Tudge Graves la the.oasa of %lth f. St&e,.140 S. X. (Sl 462. In tide cm30 the witaesess testified that the de-

rsn44nt hit the oomplalnlng wltnna4 with a *bleak jaak*, whereas the tRf;sl aourt convlotod the dsfsrldant for carrying 4 *slung &hot*, The judmnt of oonvlotlon was .thsreln xv-, tsrssd and th4 oause remanded, one of ths 4rrora of the trial oourt being. in the refasal to subs&t the ohargo as requested the Usfsndant dcflnlne the taavm in Wsoam language as uesd by Mr. Bebuter the Geary ~484~. Ths approved 84iInltiona thorsin olt4d am those containsdin 6 C. 3.. p. 119, d&in- lag a black jaok~as "a amali leathrr oovered oiub or billy weighted at the head Andy Oavlng 4n elsetic &art, thie b4fng a qaotatlon'Prom !Vebster*s Intsrmtlonai Dldtloadry". Tim oourt of cWs&nal Appeal8 alto8 dth approval the definirttoa of a slun~~ahot a8 daffnsd In SS C. a. Q. 913i ea RbaLLef.

shat or metal oO+sred'dth lea&her, and a bar&Of slastf0 '01: leathar,ntfpshed to su4h ball, at&made so that the cr+aa oan.

be rt$aoh&to,fha wrist er arm o$ a penon; ti mta& ball or

i%l .fh6 above qumd OpilLiOQ ths court Of crw Appeals ex&vssly dlrr~n~lated botwssn a *sl.png shotn a&d a wb&ak~Jbekr an 4ridWocld~ bf follow3.ng langlugs ot said oplnionr !, rt Ir signiilaant to note that the Legislaturs of

the Stats of California in &ha *Deadly Weapon& AoiP, Statutes lgl!Zi, p. 5&q, 84% i, prohIblts poao4ssIon of eny Instrumeat or weapon'@ thb kind commonly known ss 4 .*blaak jack?, wsluag shot*; etc!i statuta dlotIh&shlly a "bleak jack* ftwlf front a,msltmas shot*. The c¶lifereona betmen 4 *biaok jaok* an4 a *sluag shot* has beon rsoognlnsd an4 follasd La the

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Honorable 8. 3, Isaacks, Psge 4

callrornla obtvts Interpreting the caiirornia Deadly weapona Aot oanes of People ‘1. Mulberin SS P. (8) 174 lng denied by the suprem Court), mid in People v. Wih %T' 879 P. 1040, Dlst. ct. ~pp. fallf. In-the last meatlooea ease the defendant was charged with goasesslon of e 'blaok jaakw or a "slung shot", ana the oourt approved or the trial oourt*a definition .a black jaok as a~“cvaql& leather oovered club or billy weighted at the end, and havli&an elaatio shatt*. But the court farther detlnsd a "slung #hot" 64 a W6mall mu36 metal or stone riied on a flexible handle, strap, or the like, used ae a weapon". The court hold that althouha "black jaok* la not a ~lurm shot'. sinoe camvlna of el&r $8 piohl6lted, that ii the d;fandant W88 found - - gulm oarryitig elther'a "bleak jack* or a sslung-ahot~ the oonvlotlon should be ailirmcd.