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§ 15-150 – Description in bill for embezzlement.

15-150. Description in bill for embezzlement. In indictments for embezzlement, except when the offense relates to a chattel, it is sufficient to allege the embezzlement to be of money, without specifying any particular coin or valuable security; and such allegation, so far as regards the description of the property, shall be sustained if the offender […]

§ 15-151 – Intent to defraud; larceny and receiving.

15-151. Intent to defraud; larceny and receiving. In any case where an intent to defraud is required to constitute the offense of forgery, or any other offense whatever, it is sufficient to allege in the indictment an intent to defraud, without naming therein the particular person or body corporate intended to be defrauded; and on […]

§ 15-153 – Bill or warrant not quashed for informality.

15-153. Bill or warrant not quashed for informality. Every criminal proceeding by warrant, indictment, information, or impeachment is sufficient in form for all intents and purposes if it express the charge against the defendant in a plain, intelligible, and explicit manner; and the same shall not be quashed, nor the judgment thereon stayed, by reason […]

§ 15-155 – Defects which do not vitiate.

15-155. Defects which do not vitiate. No judgment upon any indictment for felony or misdemeanor, whether after verdict, or by confession, or otherwise, shall be stayed or reversed for the want of the averment of any matter unnecessary to be proved, nor for omission of the words "as appears by the record," or of the […]

§ 15-133 – In county where death occurs.

15-133. In county where death occurs. If a mortal wound is given or other violence or injury inflicted or poison is administered on the high seas or land, either within or without the limits of this State, by means whereof death ensues in any county thereof, the offense may be prosecuted and punished in the […]

§ 15-144 – Essentials of bill for homicide.

15-144. Essentials of bill for homicide. In indictments for murder and manslaughter, it is not necessary to allege matter not required to be proved on the trial; but in the body of the indictment, after naming the person accused, and the county of his residence, the date of the offense, the averment "with force and […]

§ 15-144.1 – Essentials of bill for rape.

15-144.1. Essentials of bill for rape. (a) In indictments for rape it is not necessary to allege every matter required to be proved on the trial; but in the body of the indictment, after naming the person accused, the date of the offense, the county in which the offense of rape was allegedly committed, and […]

§ 15-144.2 – Essentials of bill for sex offense.

15-144.2. Essentials of bill for sex offense. (a) In indictments for sex offense it is not necessary to allege every matter required to be proved on the trial; but in the body of the indictment, after naming the person accused, the date of the offense, the county in which the sex offense was allegedly committed, […]