State v. Clapp

The motion to quash the indictment was properly denied. “All the State is required to do is to describe the offense fairly and fully and to inform, the defendant with sufficient definiteness of the nature and cause of the accusation.” State v. Fogg, 92 N. H. 308, 309, and cases cited. The indictment in the present case meets the requirements when it charges the defendants with the theft of 20,000 board feet of lumber of the value of $33.50 per thousand feet. “Board feet of lumber” is sufficiently definite; it cannot mean trees, logs, etc., suitable to saw and the products into which they are…