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

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;