Section 15-8-3
Required contents.
An indictment must contain, in the caption or body thereof, the name of the state, county, court and time when it is preferred and must conclude "against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama."
(Code 1852, §561; Code 1867, §4111; Code 1876, §4784; Code 1886, §4365; Code 1896, §4893; Code 1907, §7131; Code 1923, §4526; Code 1940, T. 15, §229.)