State v. Bower

On September 11, 1969, Richard S. Bower was found guilty by a jury in the Superior Court on an indictment which charged him with having in his possession and control a firearm, to wit, a pistol, after having been convicted of a crime of violence, to wit, breaking and entering a building in the nighttime with intent to commit larceny in violation of G. L. 1956, §11-47-5, as enacted by P. L. 1959, ch. 75, sec. 1. He is now here on a bill of exceptions.

Bower’s initial contention, advanced here for the first time, is that the statute under which he was indicted infringes upon the right to keep…