In theory, playing 'Shindy' or 'Bandy' on a public street could net you a $5 fine.
The term appeared to apply to people who interrupted the public peace, which might today be referred to as “disorderly conduct.” The punishment for the crime — “ducking” — does not appear to have a modern parallel. Those convicted were strapped to chairs and dunked into water.
Courts in subsequent years have taken a far different approach to free speech. The fine 131 years ago: $20. The same law also equates making an obscene gesture with the crime of indecent exposure, both punishable with fines up to $250.it was illegal to ride “any animal of the horse kind” in D.C. At least at one point, police took this infraction very seriously. In 1872, a constable named William H. West, a Black soldier who fought in the Civil War,According to “The Metropolitan Police Department 150th Anniversary” book, West grabbed the horse’s bridle and was dragged 50 feet down the road before the president stopped.one account, police impounded Grant’s horse and buggy but did not fine him, worried about criminally charging a sitting president.
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