 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1912 - 662 páginas
...elements of the offense. By the provisions of our Code, an indictment is sufficient if it contains "a statement of the acts constituting the offense in ordinary and concise language, in such manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended," and if the... | |
 | J. C. Wells, Edward Warren Hines, Frank L. Wells, Horace C. Brannin, William Cromwell, William Jefferson Chinn, Walter G. Chapman, William Pope Duvall Bush, Finlay Ferguson Bush, R. G. Higdon, Thomas Robert.. McBeath - 1889 - 1158 páginas
...they be necessary to constitute a complete offense." .Subsection 2 of section 12a, also requires» statement of ''the acts constituting the offense in...language, and in such a manner as to enable a person of ordinary understanding to know what is intended." Tbe crime of forgery may be committed by signing... | |
 | 1889 - 912 páginas
...accessory than are required » « * against his principal. " By section 950, an information must contain "a statement of the acts constituting the offense in ordinary and concise language, " and, by section 960, is not insufficient by reason of defect in matter of form. Held, that an information... | |
 | 1889 - 908 páginas
...are required * * * against his principal. " By seciiun У50, an information must contain "a ntatemcnt of the acts constituting the offense, in ordinary and concise language, " and, by section 960, is not insufficient by reason of defect in matter of form. Held, that an information... | |
 | Washington (State) - 1891 - 498 páginas
...name of the court to which the indictment or information is presented and the names of the parties. 2. A statement of the acts constituting the offense, in ordinary and concise language, without repetition, and in such manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is... | |
 | Oregon - 1892 - 1154 páginas
...specifying the name of the court to which the indictment is presented, and the names of the parties; 2. A statement of the acts constituting the offense, in ordinary and concise language, without repetition, and in such manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is... | |
 | Stewart Rapalje - 1892 - 920 páginas
...Cush. 189; 48 Am. Dec. .>96. • Lamkin v. People, 94 111. 501. charged," and that it must contain "a statement of the acts constituting the offense, in ordinary and concise language." ' In Massachusetts, an indictment charging a conspiracy to extort money, without alleging from whom... | |
 | 1892 - 1178 páginas
...hold would he saying, in effect, that though a criminal act bo set forth in an information in ordinary language, and in such a manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended, still, if there be a detect or imperfection in mere... | |
 | Washington (State). Supreme Court, Eugene Genroy Kreider - 1893 - 708 páginas
...to trial without interposing a demurrer thereto. The act, which constitutes the crime, is set forth in such a manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended, and with such a degree of certainty as to enable the court to pronounce judgment upon a conviction according... | |
 | Nevada. Supreme Court - 1893 - 616 páginas
...Iu setting out a statutory offense it is sufficient to describe it in tho words of the statute, with a statement of the acts constituting the offense, in ordinary and concise language, and in such a mnnner as to show that the statutory offense has been committed by the party therein named, and to... | |
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the indictment must contain: (1) the title of the prosecution, specifying the name of the court, in which the indictment is presented, and the names of the parties; (2) a statement of the acts constituting the offense, in ordinary and concise language,... 
