Supreme Court of Alabama July 1, 1892 (Rivers v. State)

COLEMAN, J.

— The defendant was indicted and prosecuted under section 3920 of the Criminal Code. A demurrer to the indictment was overruled, and this ruling of the court presents the first question for our consideration.

We have held that under our system of pleading, “Indictments are rather a statement of legal conclusions, than of facts.