Court Opinion

ID: 6537705
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-19 22:13:05.258001+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:55:42.740463
License: Public Domain

By the Court, Paschal, J. It is certainly necessary that the name ■of the person assaulted be proved as laid in the indictment; otherwise, the variance is fatal. The names “Grimanda" and “Grimalda?' have certainly not the same sound. Prosecutors are not to be held, as to names, to the correct orthography, but certainly the name in the indictment must be idem sonans with the true name. This is the rule universally laid down, in all works on the subject of criminal proceedings. The Circuit Court then, having, upon the evidence, found the party guilty, contrary to law,ought to have granted the new trial. ■.Case remanded, with instructions to grant a new trial.