Strickland v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
The Court of Appeals certified to the Supreme Court the following questions: “Is the act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, approved August 12, 1910 (Georgia Laws 1910, p. 134), entitled ‘An act to prohibit any person from having or carrying about his person, in any county in the State of Georgia, any pistol or revolver without first having obtained a license from the ordinary of the county of said State, in which the party resides, and to provide how said…
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The Court of Appeals certified to the Supreme Court the following questions: “Is the act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, approved August 12, 1910 (Georgia Laws 1910, p. 134), entitled ‘An act to prohibit any person from having or carrying about his person, in any county in the State of Georgia, any pistol or revolver without first having obtained a license from the ordinary of the county of said State, in which the party resides, and to provide how said license may be obtained and a penalty prescribed for a violation of the same, and for other purposes/ null and void, because…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
The first question propounded by the Court of Appeals is whether the act of August 12, 1910 (Acts 1910, p. 134), entitled “An act to prohibit any person from having or carrying about his person, in any county in the State of Georgia, any pistol or revolver without first having obtained a license from the ordinary of the county of said State, in which the party resides, and to provide how said license may be obtained and a penalty prescribed for a violation of the same, and for other purposes,” is violative of article 1, § 1, par. 22, of the constitution of this State, which provides that “the…
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