All indictments in this state, if procured, found and returned in all other respects as provided by law, shall be sufficient if in the following form: State of West Virginia, County of ……………, to wit: The grand jurors of the State of West Virginia, in and for the body of the county of ………….., upon […]
An indictment for larceny shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one): That A ……………, on the …….. day of ………, nineteen ……………., in the said county of ………………., one (here describe the property or articles stolen, giving value of separate items) of […]
An indictment for embezzlement shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one): That A……………, on the ……….. day of …………., nineteen ……………., in the said county of ………………, did feloniously embezzle, fraudulently convert to his own use and steal certain bullion, money, bank […]
An indictment for false pretenses shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one): That A ……………, on the …….. day of …….., nineteen …….., in the said county of …….., did unlawfully, fraudulently, designedly and feloniously falsely pretend to one B …………… that […]
An indictment for taking and carrying away, injuring, destroying or defacing real and personal property, shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one): That A ……………, on the …….. day of ………, nineteen …….., in the said county of ………., and within one […]
An indictment for obtaining credit, loan, etc., by false statement in writing, shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one): That A ……………, on the …….. day of …….., nineteen …….., in the said county of …….., and within one year before the […]
An indictment for giving a worthless check shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one): That A ……………, on the …….. day of ……..,nineteen ………., in the said county of ………., did unlawfully and feloniously (if for a felony, or "did unlawfully," if […]
An indictment for the forgery of any writing shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one): That A ……………, on the …….. day of ……..,nineteen ………, in the said county of ………., did falsely and feloniously forge a writing on paper (here describe […]
An indictment for perjury shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one): That on the …….. day of …….., nineteen …….., in the said county of ………., before the ………. court of said county of ………., on an issue within the jurisdiction of […]
An indictment for disturbing religious worship shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one): That A ……………, on the ……… day of ……..,nineteen …….., in the said county of ………, and within one year before the finding of this indictment, did willfully interrupt, […]
An indictment for bigamy shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one): That A ……………, on the …….. day of …….., nineteen …….., in …….. county in the state of ………, did intermarry with, in due form of law, one B ……………, and […]
An indictment for treason shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one: That A……………., being a person owing allegiance to the State of West Virginia, on the ………… day of …………, nineteen …………………, in the said county of ………….. did then and there, […]
An indictment for adultery and fornication shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one): That A ……………, on the ……… day of ………, nineteen ………, in the said county of ………, and within one year before the finding of this indictment, did commit […]
An indictment for keeping a house of ill fame, assignation house or house of like character, shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one): That A ………….., on the …….. day of …….., nineteen …….., in the said county of …….., and within […]
An indictment for murder shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one: That A ……………, on the ……… day of ………., nineteen ………………….., in the said county …………….., feloniously, wilfully, maliciously, deliberately and unlawfully did slay, kill and murder one B………………, against the […]
A grand jury may, in a case of homicide, which in their opinion amounts to manslaughter only, and not to murder, find an indictment against the accused for manslaughter, and in such case the indictment shall be sufficient, if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one: […]
An indictment for abortion shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one): That A……………., on the ……….. day of ……….., nineteen ……………, in the said county of ………….., did feloniously, wilfully and unlawfully administer to and cause to be taken by one B…………., […]
An indictment for robbery shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one: That A ……………, on the ………… day of …………, nineteen ……………, in the said county of …………., being armed with a dangerous and deadly weapon (if not armed, leave out allegation […]
An indictment for arson shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one): That A……………, on the ………… day of …………….., nineteen ……………, in the said county of ……………, in the nighttime (or daytime), did feloniously, maliciously and unlawfully set fire to and burn […]
An indictment for burglary shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one): That A……………., on the ……….. day of …………, nineteen …………, about the hour of ………….., in the night of the same day, in the said county of ………….., the dwelling house […]
