10.37.040 - Indictment -- Form. - Washington Statutes

Indictment — Form.

The indictment may be substantially in the following form:


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| Superior Court of     the State of v.   Washington for the     County of A. . . . . . B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
     A. B. is accused by the grand jury of the . . . . . . . . . ., by this indictment, of the crime of [here insert the name of the crime, if it have one, such as treason, murder, arson, manslaughter, or the like; or if it be a crime having no general name, such as libel, assault and battery, and the like, insert a brief description of it as given by law], committed as follows:      The said A. B. on the . . . . day of . . . . . ., 19. . ., in the county of . . . . . ., aforesaid, [here set forth the act charged as a crime.]      Dated at . . . . . ., in the county aforesaid, the . . . . day of . . . . . ., A.D. 19. . .   (Signed) C. D., Prosecuting Attorney. (Indorsed) A true bill.     (Signed) E. F., Foreperson of the Grand Jury.

[2010 c 8 § 1036; 1891 c 28 § 21; Code 1881 § 1005; 1873 p 225 § 188; 1869 p 240 § 183; RRS § 2056.]