In an indictment for the forgery of an instrument which has been destroyed or withheld by the act or procurement of the defendant, if that fact is alleged in the indictment, a misdescription of the instrument is immaterial.
(Code 1852, §581; Code 1867, §4131; Code 1876, §4804; Code 1886, §3859; Code 1896, §4727; Code 1907, §6917; Code 1923, §4128; Code 1940, T. 14, §206; Code 1975, §13-4-68.)