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.
Verbal inaccuracies or wrong spelling of words which do not affect the sense are not material. And even where the sense or word seems ambiguous, this will not render the indictment bad if it is sufficiently shown by the context in what sense the word or phrase was intended to be used.64 But sometimes the omission of a word or even a letter in a word which is essential to the description of an offense may prove fatal. Thus, in describing the offense, omitting the letter "n" in larceny renders the indictment bad.65
 
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