ELSS: Legal Factoids of the Week

ELSS

Monday, April 30, 2007

Legal Factoids of the Week

New York

A fine of $25 can be levied for flirting. This old law specifically prohibits men from turning around on any city street and looking "at a woman in that way." A second conviction for a crime of this magnitude calls for the violating male to be forced to wear a "pair of horse-blinders" wherever and whenever he goes outside for a stroll.

The penalty for jumping off a building is death.

Kansas

Prohibits shooting rabbits from a motorboat.

North Dakota

Beer and pretzels can't be served at the same time in any bar or restaurant.

Ohio

It is illegal to hunt whales on Sunday.

Pennsylvania

A person is not eligible to become Governor if they have participated in a duel.

Texas

A recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.

The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home.

Thanks, Walter! ¶ 4/30/2007 10:34:00 AM

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