...though their principals be not taken or tried." By section 12, Criminal Code. it is provided, that an indictment must contain "a statement of the acts constituting...language, and in such manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended." Was Able a principal or an accessory before and after...

...language of the statute. Subsection 2 of section 122 of the Criminal Code of Practice provides that: "An indictment must contain a statement of the acts constituting...offense in ordinary and concise language, and in such Commonwealth v. Landis. a manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended;...

...contain the name of the party charged, the offense charged, the county in which it was committed, and a statement of the acts constituting the offense in ordinary and concise language. Idem. . . . 471 5. Sufficiency of. — An indictment may contain more than is necessary or it may be...

...possibly fail to know the specific charge against him, and what he had to meet and contest upon the trial. A statement of the acts constituting the offense in ordinary and concise language, and in such a manner as to enable a person of common understanding toknow what is intended, is all that is required....

...prosecution — the name of the court in which the indictment is presented — the names of the parties, and a statement of the acts constituting the offense, in ordinary and concise language, in such a manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended," sec. 121....

...indictment is presented, and the names of the parties ; a statement of the acts constituting the offence in ordinary and concise language, and in such manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended. SEC. 238. It may be substantially in the following form...

...specifying the name of the court to which the indictment is presented, and the names of the parties ; ic morals, or to trade or commerce, or for the perversion or obstruction of justice or due common understanding to know what is intended. ART. 1535, Sec. 238. It may be substantially in the...

...— as the persons present, the room, and the like. Under our law, an indictment is good if it states the acts constituting the offense in ordinary and concise language, and in such a way that a person of ordinary understanding can know what was intended. People v. Saviers, 14 Cal....

...indictment is presented, and the names of the parties; a statement of the acts constituting the offence, in ordinary and concise language, and in such manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended. The people of the United States, of the territory of...

...indictment is presented, and the names of the parties; a statement of the acts constituting the offence, in ordinary and concise language, and in such manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended. The people of the United States, of the territory of...