Roach v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for possessing a bomb; the punishment 13 years in the penitentiary.

The sole question presented is the sufficiency of the indictment, the charging part of which reads as follows:

“ . . . did then and there unlawfully possess and have in his control a bomb, to-wit: a collection of nitroglycerine capable *348by its ignition and explosion of causing damage to persons and property . . .”

The indictment was drawn under Art. 1723 V.A.P.C., Section 1(e) of which defines the term “bomb” as meaning “any collection of nitroglycerine, dynamite, gun-powder, gun cotton or other…