The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-26
STATUS OF THE PISTOL TOTER
VII BE DEFINED B~ ~
~. DECISTON
OF THE SUPREME COURT,
uOnstitutiOnality of the New |e0i $40
Law to Be Tested. Seven APP
peaIs Are Pending.

ATLANTA, Ga.-On Monday, Nav
10. the supreme court will hear argu-
ments regarding the constitutionality
of the White pistol toters act. A
number of cases have arisen involv-
ing this issue of constitutionality,
but the supreme court will hear that
of j. L. Strickland vs. the State, fror7
the City Court Of Carrollton, ar -
decision in that one will G. ~ the
all others. -Jntrol in
Altogether sew
GUS parts "+ en- cases from vari-
the "0 II the state have come to
yurt Of appeals involving THIS
act, Inasmuch as all of them raise
practically the same constitutional
issues the appellate court certlned
the Strickland case to the supreme
court on constitutional questions,
The cases pending in addition to the
Strickland case are the following:
Will Davis VS.. State, from the City
Court of Floyd county; George James
VS.. State, from the City Court of
Richmond county; John Brown VS..
State, from the City Court of Moul-
trie; Albert Nero vs, State, from the
City Court of Macon; James Rich
ardson VS.. State, from the City Court
of Triton; Joe Campbell VS.. State,
from the City Court of Brunswick.
AS stated, the decision in the Strick-
land case will be binding on all the
others.
In certifying the Strickland case to
of g
peals states:
In the above stated case the court
of appeals desires the instruction of
the supreme court as to the following
constitutional questions raised by the
record and necessary to a proper de-
termination of the case:
: rs the act of the general assem-
bly, of the state of Georgia, approved
August u, 1910, Georgia Laws
1910, D. 134), entitled AN act to pro-
, hibit any person from having or car
? rying about his person, in any county
in the state of Georgia, any pistol OIL
/ revolver without first having obtain
a ed a license from the Ordinary of the
d county of said state in which the
: party resides, and to provide how
i said license may be obtained and g
{ penalty prescribed for a violation Of
: the same, and for other purposes
> null and void because in violation 0,
4 article /, section l, paragraph % Q,
y the constitution of the state of Geor
: gia, which provides The right 0.
the people to keep and bear arm
shall not be infringed, but tie gen
eral assembly shall have power I,
prescribe the manner in which arm
c may be borne?'
90. Is this act in violation of tn
r right of the citizen under article s
: section 2, of the constitution of tn
= United States, civil code, 1910, par
il agraph $685., which provides: 4
A. we'll regulated militia being neces
ST sary to the security of free state
90 the right of the people to keep an
bear arms shall not be infringed?'
m Wherefore, it is ordered that tn
VI clerk of this court shall cause a Gel
r. tilted copy of these questions to
We transmitted to the supreme court, t
av gether with the bill OF exceptions an
"a record in the case"
Representative H. S. White {
ne Screven county is the author of tt
i, bill, and he wants it's soundness d.
nd termined, and if it is all right the
enforced.