Every indictment shall be deemed and judged sufficient and good in law which, in addition to allegations as to time and place, as required by law, charges the crime substantially in the language of the common law or of the statute prohibiting the crime or so plainly that the nature of the offense charged may be easily understood and, if the offense be a statutory offense, that the offense be alleged to be contrary to the statute in such case made and provided. HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-402; 1952 Code Section 17-402; 1942 Code Section 1003; 1932 Code Section 1003; Cr. P. '22 Section 89; Cr. C. '12 Section 83; Cr. C. '02 Section 56; R. S. 55; 1887 (19) 829.
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