554 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27.

reason of any mere defect or imperfection in matters of form
which shall not tend to the prejudice of the defendant, nor for
any matter or cause which might have been a subject of
demurrer to the indictment, inquisition or presentment.

State v. Hughes, 2 H. & McH. 470 State e Dent. 3 G & J. 11. Black B.
State, 2 Md. 379. State v. Williams, 5 Md. 84 Cochran v. State, 6 Md. 400
Kellenbeck v. State, 10 Md 439. Wedge v. State, 12 Md. 232. Cowman v.
State, 12 Md. 250. State v. Reed, 12 Md. 263 Punish v. State. 14 Md. 238.
Clare v. State. 30 Md. 176. Deckard v. State, 38 Md, 209. Davis v. State, 39
Md. 385. Archer v. State. 45 Md. 457. Maguire v. State 47 Md 494 Costly v.
State, 48 Md. 177. Barker v. State. 50 Md. 168 State v. Hodges, 55 Md. 137.
State v. McNally, 55 Md. 563. Hawthorne v. State, 56 Md. 530.

Indictments—Conclusion of—Joinder of Counts.

P G L , (1860,) art 30, sec 83. 1852, ch. 63, sec. 3.

287. All indictments for offences forbidden by any statute or
statutes, or for offences the punishment of which is contained in.
the same clause of any statute with the prohibition of the offence,
may conclude as for offences at common law; and where any
offence which is a misdemeanor at common law may have been
made a felony by statute, the misdemeanor shall not be merged
in the felony, but the indictment may contain counts for the said
felony and also for the misdemeanor.

Burke v. State, 2 H. & J. 429. State v. Sutton, 4 Gill, 498. Manly v. State,
7 Md, 135. State v. Bell, 27 Md 678. Wheeler v. State, 42 Md. 563. Gibson
v. State, 64 Md. 453. State v. McNally, 55 Md 563.

Indictments-False Pretenses.

P. G. L., (1860,) art 80, sec 84. 1835, ch. 319, sec. 2.

288. In any indictment for false pretenses, it shall not be
necessary to state the particular false pretenses intended to be re-
lied on in proof of the same, but the defendant, on application to
the State's attorney before the trial, shall be entitled to the names
of the witnesses and a statement of the false pretenses intended
to be given in evidence.

Indictments-Gaming—Lotteries—Amendment.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 30, sec. 85. 1856, ch. 195 secs. 1, 10.

289. In any indictment for violation of the law prohibiting
gaming, or for violation of the law prohibiting the drawing of