An indictment for any offense shall not be insufficient for omitting to state the time at which the offense was committed in any case where time is not of the essence of the offense, nor for stating the time imperfectly, nor for stating the offense to have been committed on a day subsequent to the finding of the indictment, or on an impossible day, or on a day that never happened, nor for the want of a proper or perfect venue.
Structure Mississippi Code
§ 99-7-1. Indictment may charge offenses according to common law or statute
§ 99-7-3. Formal or technical words not necessary
§ 99-7-5. Allegations of time; want of perfect venue
§ 99-7-7. How instruments pleaded
§ 99-7-11. Concurrence of twelve grand jurors required for finding
§ 99-7-13. Secret record book; accused may be tried on copy made from record book
§ 99-7-15. Authority to inspect indictment limited to certain officers until arrest made
§ 99-7-17. Dilatory pleas; must be verified by oath
§ 99-7-19. Dilatory pleas; amendment of indictment or information
§ 99-7-21. Demurrers; when filed; amendment of indictment
§ 99-7-25. Amendment where name of unknown defendant is discovered