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Some saw the in-stock mark as an opportunity. The below is just one example. Translation by Google Translate.
Ein Betr?ger ist in Apolda verhaftet worden. So manche Besitzer von Handfeuerwaffen, besonders solche auf dem Lande, haben die Frist verabs?umt, innerhalb der die Besitzer solcher Waffen verpflichtet waren dieselben mit dem gesetzlichen Ausschlag des Vorrathszeichens versehen zu lassen. Auf diesen Umstand spekulirte der zweiundzwanzig Jahre alte Paul Schaub. Er sprach bei einer gro?en Anzahl von Jagdp?chtern in Nachbarortschaften unter der Maske eines gerichtlichen Revisors zur Pr?fung der L?ufe und Verschl?sse der Handfeuerwaffen vor und fand an zahlreichen Stellen die Sache "nicht in Ordnung". Der "Herr Revisor" lie? aber Gnade f?r Recht ergehen und stempelte alle noch r?ckst?ndigen Feuerwaffen f?r 3 Mark, um, wie er wohlwollen bemerkte, die Besitzer der Waffen vor einem Strafantrag des Staatsanwalts zu bewahren. Er machte gute Gesch?fte, aber schlie?lich erfuhr die Beh?rde von seinen Manipulationen und setzte ihn hinter Schlo? und Riegel.
[August 1893]
A fraudster was arrested in Apolda. Many owners of small arms, especially those in rural areas, have missed the deadline within which the owners of such firearms were obliged to have them marked with the legal in-stock mark. Twenty-two-year-old Paul Schaub speculated on this fact. He visited a large number of hunting tenants in neighbouring towns under the guise of a judicial auditor to examine the barrels and breeches of handguns and found things “not right” in numerous places. However, the “Mr. Auditor” gave mercy for justice and stamped all the firearms that were still in arrears for 3 Marks in order, as he benevolently noted, to protect the owners of the firearms from being prosecuted by the public prosecutor. He did good business, but eventually the authorities found out about his manipulations and put him behind bars.
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