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CHAPTER 132
CRIME

(4) In naming the defendant, no indictment, information or bill of particulars need further describe him by stating his addition, degree, estate, mystery, occupation, title or residence unless such further description is necessary to charge an offense under Section 7.

(5) In no case is it necessary to prove that the true name of the defendant is unknown to the grand jury or prosecuting attorney.

§ 11. Time.) (1) An indictment or information need contain no allegation of the time of the commission of the offense unless such allegation is necessary to charge the offense under Section 7.

(2) The allegation is [of] an indictment or information that the defendant committed the offense shall in all cases be considered an allegation that the offense was committed after it became an offense and before the finding of the indictment or information, and within the period of limitations prescribed by law for the prosecution of the offense.

(3) All allegations of the indictment, information and bill of particulars shall, unless stated otherwise, be deemed to refer to the same time.

§ 12. Place.) (1) An indictment or information need contain no allegation of the place of the commission of the offense, unless such allegation is necessary to charge the offense under Section 7.

(2) The allegation in an indictment or information that the defendant committed the offense shall in all cases be considered an allegation that the offense was committed within the territorial jurisdiction of the court.

(3) All allegations in the indictment, information and bill of particulars shall, unless stated otherwise, be deemed to refer to the same place.

§ 13. Means.] An indictment or information need contain no allegation of the means by which the offense was committed, unless such allegation is necessary to charge the offense under Section 7.

§ 14. Value and Price.) An indictment or information need contain no allegation of the value or price of any property, unless such allegation is necessary to charge the offense under Section 7, and in such case it is sufficient to aver that the value or price of the property equals or exceeds the certain value or price which determines the offense. The facts which give the property such value need not be alleged.

§ 15. Ownership.) (1) An indictment or information need