Haithcock v. State

The indictment ended, “against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.” It is not necessary that each count should so end. The demurrer to. the indictment was properly overruled. McGuire v. State, 37 Ala. 161; Harrison v. State, 144 Ala. 20, 40 So. 568. On this particular, point the opinion in Hill v. State, 22 Ala. App. 422, 116 So. 411, is misleading and should not be followed. In the Hill Case, the words, “against the peace and dignity of the state of Alabama,” were a part of the second count of the indictment, and, as there written, did not appear as a part of or. related to the…