State v. . Morgan

The defendant does not bring forward his exception to the denial of his motion in arrest of judgment. Even so it raises a jurisdictional question which compels our attention. S. v. Clarke, 220 N. C., 392, 17 S. E. (2d), 468.

It is a universal rule that no indictment, whether at common law or under a statute, can be good if it does not accurately and clearly allege all the constituent elements of the offense charged. S. v. Johnson, 188 N. C., 591, 125 S. E., 183.

A valid warrant or indictment is an essential of jurisdiction. S. v. Beasley, 208 N. C., 318, 180 S. E., 598; S. v. Rawls, 203 N. C.,…