Case Name: Nelson Perkins v. The State
Court: Tennessee Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Tennessee
Decision Date: 1876-04
Citations: 67 Tenn. 559
Docket Number: 
Parties: Nelson Perkins v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Tennessee Reports
Volume: 67
Pages: 559–560

Head Matter:
Nelson Perkins v. The State.
Oeiminaij Law. Date of the offense omitted in indictment cured by verdict. No day is specified in the indictment on which the offense is alleged to have been committed, hut simply that the defendant “ did felon-iously take, steal and carry away,” etc. Meld, this defect is cured by a verdict of the jury.
Case cited and commented upon: King v. The State, 3 Heis., 151.
FROM SHELBY.
Appeal from the Circuit Court. J. E. R. Ray, Judge.
L. B. Horrigan for Perkins.
ATTORNEY-Geneeal Heiskell for the State.

Opinion:
Freeman, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The defendant was indicted and convicted in' Circuit Court of Bartlett for stealing a plow. No day is specified in the indictment on which the offense is alleged to have been committed, but simply that the defendant "did feloniously take, steal, and carry away/' etc.
We hold this defect is cured by the verdict of the jury. The principle , on which the case in 3 Heis., 151, requiring a date to be given is, as stated by Judge Deaderick, " to give the party an ' opportunity by motion to quash, or by demurrer to free himself from the vexatious litigation and the State from needless costs, if the offense appeared barred by the statute of limitations."
The party in this case did not move to quash or demur, and thus fails to bring himself within the principle of this case. It being a matter of form and not of substance, we hold it cured by the verdict of the jury.
Let the judgment be affirmed.