Sec. 71.
In all indictments for murder and manslaughter it shall not be necessary to set forth the manner in which nor the means by which the death of the deceased was caused; but it shall be sufficient in any indictment for murder to charge that the defendant did murder the deceased; and it shall be sufficient in manslaughter to charge that the defendant did kill the deceased.
History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17285 ;-- CL 1948, 767.71
Former Law: See section 1 of Act 77 of 1855, being CL 1857, § 6047; CL 1871, § 7916; How., § 9527; CL 1897, § 11912; and CL 1915, § 15739.
Last modified: October 10, 2016