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It is not necessary to state the precise time at which an offense was committed in an indictment; but it may be alleged to have been committed on any day before the finding of the indictment, or generally before the finding of the indictment, unless time is a material ingredient of the offense.

(Code 1852, §565; Code 1867, §4115; Code 1876, §4788; Code 1886, §4373; Code 1896, §4901; Code 1907, §7139; Code 1923, §4534; Code 1940, T. 15, §237.)