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· 3/15/1843

In re Farnum

Citations

  • 8 F. Cas. 1057
  • 6 Law Rep. 21

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  • stating that the test is not whether the specification “could have been made more definite and certain, but whether it contains the elements of the offense intended to be charged, and sufficiently apprises the defendant of what he must be prepared to meet”
  • “[N]either Article 125 nor 134 of the Code makes time a material element for appellant’s criminal offenses.”

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Judges: Sprague

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