State v. McQueen

Article 235 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended by Act 223 of 1944, R.S. 15:235, after setting forth the short forms of indictments which may be used in certain specified offenses, declares:

“Provided that in all cases of crimes included in the Criminal Code but not covered by the short forms hereinbefore set forth, it shall be sufficient to charge the defendant by using the name and article number of the offense committed.”

Since gambling is not included in the list of crimes for which special short forms are provided by the statute, the prosecution in this case adopted the…