State v. Hayes

Citations

• 105 La. 352

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>The word “bigamy” as inserted in the Statute of 1898, completely denounces an' offence. It is universally understood, and a description of the offence of bigamy would not express more than the word itself.</p> <p>An indictment against one for having committed that offence is not invalid on the ground that it should have charged the crime strictly in the language of the statute.</p> <p>The offence is statutory. There are no forms at common law to be followed as adopted by the Statute of 1805. The offence may be described in the indictment as understood, and it will be valid if the description conveys all that is meant by the one word, “bigamy.”</p> <p>An indictment is valid when the offence is charged in words equivalent in meaning to those in the statute. '</p>