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Mistake in caption .............................................................................................380 Sufficiency of statement of offence in count......................................................380 Counts to be numbered ....................................................................................381 Unnecessary averments as to offence by bankrupt ..........................................381 Statement of intent to defraud, deceive or injure...............................................381 Allegations for pretending as to enclosures in postal packets ...........................381 Negativing exceptions or exemptions ...............................................................382 Statement of means or instrument ....................................................................382 Statement not needing proof.............................................................................382 Qualifying allegations unnecessary...................................................................382 Statement of value ............................................................................................382 Inadmissible objection.......................................................................................383 Statements in alternative as in enactment lawful ..............................................384 Sufficiency of averment as to bank-note or note described as money ..............384 Sufficiency of averments charging fraud without details ...................................385 Count for libel or selling or exhibiting publications ............................................385 Count for perjury, etc. not invalid etc.................................................................386 Exception ..........................................................................................................386 Description of accused......................................................................................386 Description of document or thing ......................................................................387 Statement of act, omission, place, thing, time ...................................................387 Description of property ......................................................................................387 Description of trade or other mark.....................................................................387 Joining of counts, but murder alone to be charged ...........................................387 Charging any or all of several offences .............................................................388 Indictment for stealing .......................................................................................388 Election by prosecutor etc.................................................................................389 Joinder of persons ............................................................................................389 Power to order particulars and adjourn for purpose ..........................................390 Consideration of written statements or depositions on application....................390 Charging previous convictions ..........................................................................390 Unnecessary to charge previous conviction. Competence to prove previous conviction ...........................................................................................391 Indictments to be generally preferred by Director of Public Prosecutions .........391 Charging offence disclosed by depositions .......................................................391 Signing of indictments .......................................................................................391 Filing of indictments ..........................................................................................392 Service of copy of indictment ............................................................................392 Statement and proof of overt acts .....................................................................393 Documents to be served ...................................................................................393 Crown Book to be a record ...............................................................................393 Ordinary sittings ................................................................................................395 Special sitting ....................................................................................................395 Proceedings on Sunday and other holiday .......................................................395 Procedure in indictable cases generally............................................................395 Service of documents .......................................................................................395 Sheriff to aid Registrar as to service .................................................................396 Notice of objection or special plea and grounds................................................396 Objection and plea ............................................................................................397 Demurrer not allowed ........................................................................................397 Amendment of name of accused ......................................................................397 Application to quash count not founded on depositions before Magistrate .......397 Objection for formal defect ................................................................................397 Objection that indictment is likely to prejudice or embarrass ............................398