United States v. Starks

HOLTZOFF,

Justice, District Court of U. S. for District of Columbia, sitting by designation.

Assuming that at common law an indictment for forgery had to set out in haec verba the document charged to have been forged,* it is the view of this Court that this requirement no longer prevails under the new Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Rule 7(c) provides that the indictment or the information shall be a plain, concise and definite written statement of the essential facts constituting the offense charged. The rule also contains the following provision:

“It”—meaning the indictment—“need not…