Bennefield v. State

(After stating the foregoing facts.) Code § 27-701 provides that every accusation shall be deemed sufficiently correct which states the offense in the terms and language of the Code, or so plainly that the nature of the offense may be easily understood by the jury. Count 1 of the accusation is substantially in the language of Code § 26-6201, and the objection raised by demurrer, that it does not name the person allegedly solicited for the purpose of prostitution and did not put the defendant on notice of any particular charge sufficiently to enable him to prepare his defense, was held…