Fifteen Justices of the County Court of Hertford seek modification of an act which prohibits free persons of color from keeping shotguns. The petitioners request the restoration of the former law which gave county courts the right to determine gun licenses on the basis of "character and good conduct." The Justices "are of opinion that a just discrimination among applicants and the grant of such favor to deserving persons is itself a strong incentive to persons of this class to maintain a good character and deport themselves properly."
Result: Referred to committee.
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Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina
