Two questions are presented for decision: (1) Is an indictment for manslaughter fatally defective because it charges the commission of the offense on an impossible date; and, if not, (2) may the indictment be amended by the Court to show the intended date?
The Indictment, returned on March 7, 1955, charges that on September 30, 1955, the defendant operated a motor vehicle on U. S. Route 13 in New...
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