Notes of Advisory Committee on Rules – 1944

FRCrP Rule 7: The Indictment and the Information

Note to Subdivision (c)(1):

(c) Nature and Contents.

(1) In General

This rule introduces a simple form of indictment,

illustrated by Forms 1 to 11 in the Appendix of Forms.

Cf. Rule 8(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure [28 U.S.C., Appendix].

For discussion of the effect of this rule and

a comparison between the present form of indictment and

the simple form introduced by this rule, see:

Vanderbilt, 29 A.B.A.Jour. 376, 377;

Homer Cummings, 29 A.B.A.Jour. 654, 655;

Holtzoff, 3 F.R.D. 445, 448–449;

Holtzoff, 12 Geo. Washington L.R. 119, 123–126;

Medalie, 4 Lawyers Guild R. (3)1, 3.