I think the question dealt with restrictions on felons in possession of firearms, not as to whether they would remain in possession of their lives, but I could be mistaken. PHB
-----Original Message----- From: Clayton E. Cramer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 12:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: A quick summary of felon in possession Billie J Grey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. > > I have been asked for a quick summary of felon in possession laws, > cases, etc. etc. > > As most of you have noticed I don't do anything quick. If I were > talking about felon in possession I would talk about the Common Law > Felonies and the fact that they were all death penalty offenses and . . > . you get the idea. > > Please point me to a source, if you are aware of a good one or two. > > BJGrey If you want some colonial capital crimes lists, this is the 1671 Plymouth list http://www.claytoncramer.com/primary/other/Plymouth1671CapitalLaws.pdf, the essentially identical 1685 Plymouth list http://www.claytoncramer.com/primary/other/Plymouth1685CapitalLaws.pdf, the 1650 Connecticut code http://www.colonialct.uconn.edu/ViewPageByPageNew.cfm?ID=2226&Volume=1&Master=1023&Letter=S&v=01&p=77&c=4, and the 1665 Duke of York's capital crimes list for New York http://www.claytoncramer.com/primary/other/DukeOfYorkCapitalLaws1665.pdf. These lists are much shorter than the list under English law at the time. While many felonies were capital crimes in the colonies, this doesn't mean that they were regularly punished as capital crimes. While I have found a few isolated instances where courts disarmed people as punishment for crimes, these have been exceptional cases. I don't have my comprehensive list here at work, but these are never statutes, but simply actions taken by courts for particular individuals. Clayton E. Cramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.claytoncramer.com Being a citizen of the Republic is not a spectator sport.
