Cafferata v Wilson
Reeve v Wilson    Firearms – Dummy revolver – Sale by person not registered as firearms dealer – Firearms
Act 1920 (c 43), s 2(1).
A person, who was not registered as a firearms dealer, sold a dummy revolver, which was
similar in appearance to an ordinary revolver, but was fitted with a barrel and cartridge
chambers only partially bored. There was a venthole in the barrel for the escape of gasses. It
was incapable, as sold, of discharging a missile, but by drilling it could be converted into a
weapon capable of killing a man at a distance of 5 feet. Informations were preferred under the
Firearms Act 1920, s 2(1) against the seller, charging him with having, when not registered as
a firearms dealer under that Act, sold a firearm, and against the wholesaler who had supplied
it, for having aided and abetted the sale:—