Ramsey v. State

(After stating the foregoing facts.) While an accusation which states the offense in the terms and language of the Code or so plainly that the nature of the offense charged may be easily understood, is generally sufficient (Code, § 27-701), nevertheless, where the terms used in the Code section are generic, as is the word “lottery” (there being an unlimited variety of games of chance which fall under this general head) it is not sufficient that an indictment charge the offense in the same general terms as in the definition of the crime, but it must state the particular offense intended to be…