Section 767.83 - Indictment involving intent to defraud; sufficiency of allegations and proof.
THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (EXCERPT)
Act 175 of 1927
767.83 Indictment involving intent to defraud; sufficiency of allegations and proof.
Sec. 83.
In any prosecution where an intent to defraud is required to constitute the offense, it shall be sufficient to allege in the indictment an intent to defraud without naming therein the particular person or body corporate intended to be defrauded; and on the trial of such indictment, it shall be deemed sufficient, and shall not be deemed a variance, if there appear to be an intent to defraud the United States, or any state, county, city or township, or any body corporate, or any public officer in his official capacity, or any copartnership or member thereof, or any particular person.
History: Add. 1931, Act 309, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 767.83