...relation to embezzlement. According to section 121 of the Criminal Code, an indictment must contain " a statement of the acts constituting the offense, in ordinary and concise language, and in such a mauner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended." The second section...

...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...language, and in such a manner as to enable a person of common understanding toknow what is intended, is all that is required. Gantt's Dig.r sees. 1781, 1782,...

...preEdwards v. The State. [DECEMBER sented, and the name of the parties ; also a statement of the facts constituting the offense, in ordinary and concise...language, and in such a manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended; and it must be direct and certain as regards the party...

...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....

...facts constituting the offence, in ordinary and concise language, without prolixity or repetition : and in such a manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what was intended", &c. Does the indictment before us conform to these requisitions ? As to the first, it is conceded that...

...answer, which ¡ shall set forth the facts constituting the cause ; of action or defence, truly, in plain and concise language, and in such a manner as to enable a 'person of common understanding to know what is intended. In proper cases an affi! davit to be made at least of...

...substitute a statement of the facts constituting the cause of action or defence, truly, ' in plain and concise language, and in such a manner as to enable a person of ordinary understanding to know what is intended.' the profession, but to the people at large ; and...

...statement of the acts constituting the offence, in ordinary and concise language, without repetition, and in such a manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what was intended." By section 304, " The indictment shall contain the title of the action, specifying the name of the...

...imposed by the Codes of 1848 and 1849, that the averments above alluded to were to be made in " ordinary" language, and " in such a manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended," is significant. Excellent as was the meaning ofthat...