Throwing stones or other missiles

1. Law
2. District of Columbia Code
3. Criminal Offenses and Penalties
4. Disturbances of the Public Peace
5. Throwing stones or other missiles

It shall not be lawful for any person or persons within the District of Columbia to throw any stone or other missile in any street, avenue, alley, road, or highway, or open space, or public square, or inclosure, or to throw any stone or other missile from any place into any street, avenue, road, or highway, alley, open space, public square, or inclosure, under a penalty of not more than $500 for every such offense.

(July 29, 1892, 27 Stat. 322, ch. 320, § 3; July 23, 2008, D.C. Law 17-206,§ 3, 55 DCR 5168.)

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 22-1109.

1973 Ed., § 22-1109.

Section References

This section is referenced in § 22-1012.

Effect of Amendments

D.C. Law 17-206 substituted “$500” for “five dollars”.

Cross References

Conduct of prosecutions under this section, see § 22-1809.

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