Murray v. State

1. In charging an offense, in an affidavit made as basis of an accusation, “ it seems to be the settled law of this State that an affidavit need do no more than name the offense, without describing the way in which it was committed, or its character, with any degree of particularity.” Brown v. State, 109 Ga. 570 (34 S. E. 1031). “The accused is to be informed fully by the particular and specific statements in the accusation what definite criminal transaction the large and round phraseology of the affidavit intends to impute to him. It is precisely because the affidavit is allowed to be so…