In a criminal case, judgment shall not be reversed for any clerical misprision or formal defect, if the record contains substantial ground for judgment.

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The omission of the words “with force and arms” shall be deemed a defect in form merely.

Code 1852, § ?2968; Code 1915, § ?4835; Code 1935, § ?5326; 11 Del. C. 1953, § ?4501;