State v. Blakely

Citations

• 83 Mo. 359

Syllabus

<p>Pleading, Criminal: indictment: caption. The caption of an indictment forms no part of it and the name of the state need not appear either in the margin or any other part of the indictment. Where it appears on the face of the record in the trial court and in the transcript of the record in the Supreme Court that the indictment is sufficient in form and substance, and that it was properly preferred by a lawful grand jury to a court having jurisdiction of the subject, it will be held sufficient although the commencement be wholly omitted.</p>