The proper form for the conclusion of an indictment for an offense created by statute is the technical phrase “against the form of the statute in such case made and provided;” or, in Latin, contra formam statuti
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The proper form for the conclusion of an indictment for an offense created by statute is the technical phrase “against the form of the statute in such case made and provided;” or, in Latin, contra formam statuti
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