State v. Butterfield Lumber Co.
State v. Butterfield Lumber Co.
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellee suggests that the court erred in holding that the affidavit in this case charges an offense under chapter 157, Laws 1912, as construed in the opinion rendered upon overruling the suggestion of error in the case of State v. Newman Lumber Co., 60 South. 215. Appellee, •therefore, now contends that the affidavit does not sufficiently charge the offense.
We do not find that this objection to the affidavit was made in the demurrer filed in the lower court by appellee. The ground that the affidavit charges no crime known to
Suggestion of error overruled.
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- Indictment. Demurrer. Grounds. Specification. Code 1906, section 754. Under section 754, Code 1906, so providing, “the court shall not regard any defect or imperfection in the pleadings, except such as shall be assigned for causes of demurrer,” and so a demurrer to an indictment or affidavit charging an offense must be specific and not general, in its terms. Specific objections to an indictment must in all eases be pointed out in such a manner as to advise the court of the exact point relied upon.