The indictment for the offense of unlawfully and willfully digging open a grave, or unlawfully and willfully taking up or carrying away the dead body, or any part of the body, need not specify what grave or whose dead body has been violated or disturbed.
Code 1858, § 5137 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 81, § 2); Shan., § 7100; Code 1932, § 11646; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1826.
Cross-References. Abuse of corpse, §39-17-312.
Desecration of venerated object, §39-17-311.
Vandalism, §39-14-408.
Textbooks. Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure (Raybin), § 16.19.
Law Reviews.
The Tennessee Court System — Criminal Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 319.