Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 10 Criminal Procedure - Section 10.37.040 Indictment -- Form

§ 10.37.040. Indictment -- Form

The indictment may be substantially in the following form:

State of Washington		| | | > | | |	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., Foreman of the Grand Jury.

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

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