Williams v. State

Grice, Justice.

Whether an indictment charging possession of indecent and obscene photographs is subject to the defendant’s demurrers is the issue presented to this court. Jurisdiction is invoked since some of the demurrers challenge the constitutionality of the statute upon which the indictment is founded.

That statute is Ga. L. 1878-9, p. 163, as amended (Code Ann. § 26-6301), which, insofar as is relevant here, provides: '“Any person . . . who shall possess . . . any indecent, immoral, or obscene pictorial newspaper, book, pamphlet, magazine, newspaper, film, picture, recording or other…