Section 15-15-42
Verification.
No plea in abatement or other dilatory plea to an indictment must be received unless it is verified by oath or unless its truth appears by some matter of record or other written evidence accompanying it.
(Code 1852, §634; Code 1867, §4186; Code 1876, §4888; Code 1886, §4440; Code 1896, §5264; Code 1907, §7567; Code 1923, §5197; Code 1940, T. 15, §280.)