State v. . Cole

The object of the demurrer is to impeach the indictment and to forestall a prosecution on the ground that the charges against the defendant do not constitute a breach of the criminal law, the specific contention being that the indictment does not adequately inform the defendant of any accusation against him or contain averments which would enable the court to proceed to judgment in case of conviction or to protect the defendant against subsequent prosecution for the same offense. S. v. Edwards, 190 N. C., 322.

At the session of 1927 the General Assembly repealed section 83, chapter 4, of the…