Simpson v. State

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

While the demurrer attacks the indictment upon many grounds including constitutional attacks upon the statute (Ga. L. 1956, p. 801; Code Ann. § 26-6301), a decision on the attack upon the law which asserts that it offends Art. I, Sec. I, Par. II of the Constitution of Georgia (Code Ann. § 2-102) which provides that, “Protection to person and property is the paramount duty of government, and shall be impartial and complete,” will dispose of the case. The invoked clause of the Constitution interdicts discrimination in laws. It demands uniformity and impartiality and…