Section 15-8-23
Manner of stating act constituting offense.
The manner of stating the act constituting the offense, as set forth in the forms given in Article 8 of this chapter, is sufficient in all cases in which the forms there given are applicable; in other cases, forms may be used as nearly similar as the nature of the case and the rules prescribed in this chapter will permit.
(Code 1852, §591; Code 1867, §4141; Code 1876, §4824; Code 1886, §4366; Code 1896, §4894; Code 1907, §7132; Code 1923, §4527; Code 1940, T. 15, §230.)