An indictment for taking and carrying away, injuring, destroying or defacing real and personal property, shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one):
That A ..............., on the ........ day of ........., nineteen ........, in the said county of .........., and within one year before the finding of this indictment, did unlawfully, but not feloniously,* take and carry away, destroy, injure and deface the following personal property, not his own, to-wit: (here describe the property; or if it be real property, after the star, state "destroy, injure and deface the following real property, not his own, to wit:" here describe it), against the peace and dignity of the state.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 62. Criminal Procedure
Article 9. Forms of Indictments
§62-9-1. General Form of Indictments
§62-9-2. Indictment for Treason
§62-9-3. Indictment for Murder
§62-9-4. Indictment for Voluntary Manslaughter
§62-9-5. Indictment for Abortion
§62-9-6. Indictment for Robbery
§62-9-9. Indictment for Burglary
§62-9-10. Indictment for Larceny
§62-9-11. Indictment for Embezzlement
§62-9-12. Indictment for False Pretenses
§62-9-13. Indictment for Taking, Injuring or Destroying Property
§62-9-14. Indictment for False Statement of Financial Condition
§62-9-15. Indictment for Giving Worthless Check
§62-9-16. Indictment for the Forgery of Writings
§62-9-17. Indictment for Perjury
§62-9-18. Indictment for Disturbing Religious Worship
§62-9-19. Indictment for Bigamy