State v. Anderson

The sole question presented on this appeal is whether or not the warrant to which the defendant pleaded guilty to operating a gambling bouse was sufficient in form to charge the offense of operating such a house.

If a warrant avers facts which -constitute every element of an offense, it is not necessary that it be couched in the language of the statute. S. v. Tickle, 238 N.C. 206, 77 S.E. 2d 632; S. v. Wilson, 218 N.C. 769, 12 S.E. 2d 654.

Reference to a specific statute upon which the charge in a warrant is laid is not necessary to its validity. Likewise, where a warrant charges a criminal…