This section is from the book "Popular Law Library Vol10 Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Wills, Administration", by Albert H. Putney. Also available from Amazon: Popular Law-Dictionary.
The general rule is that the evidence must correspond with the averments in the indictment, especially descriptive averments, otherwise there would be a fatal variance;55 and this includes names of persons involved,56 also corporations.57
Thus if the indictment charges the stealing of a black horse, evidence of the stealing of a horse of a different color is incompetent.58
A charge of burglary "in the night-time" varies from the evidence of burglary "in the day-time." 59
 
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