§806-33  Surplusage.  Any unnecessary allegation contained in an indictment may be rejected as surplusage. [L 1915, c 215, pt of §2; RL 1925, §4046; RL 1935, §5505; RL 1945, §10807; RL 1955, §258-17; HRS §711-33; ren L 1972, c 9, pt of §1]

Rules of Court

  Surplusage, see HRPP rule 7(e).

Case Notes

  Giving a wrong name to the offense charged does not vitiate the charge, it being regarded as surplusage.  11 H. 143 (1897).

  Cited:  36 H. 550, 552 (1943), aff'd 150 F.2d 545 (1945).

  See 33 H. 686 (1936).