Support for our opinion is found in many cases in which the identical question has arisen and been decided adversely to defendants. It will suffice if we quote only from three of these cases. Deason v. United States, 5 Cir., 254 F. 259; Rhuberg v. United States, 9 Cir., 255 F. 865; Kirchner v. United States, 4 Cir., 255 F. 301; Coldwell v. United States, 1 Cir., 256 F. 805; Herman v. United States, 9 Cir., 257 F. 601; Shidler v. United States, 9 Cir., 257 F. 620; United States v. Schulze, 9 Cir., 253 F. 377; Schulze v. United States, 9 Cir., 259 F. 189; Equi v. United States, 9 Cir., 261 F. 53; Partan v. United States, 9 Cir., 261 F. 515; Howenstine v. United States, 9 Cir., 263 F. 1; White v. United States, 6 Cir., 263 F. 17; Schoborg v. United States, 6 Cir., 264 F. 1; Wimmer v. United States, 6 Cir., 264 F. 11; Bold v. United States, 9 Cir., 265 F. 581; Dierkes v. United States, 6 Cir., 274 F. 75. See also United States v. Pelley, 7 Cir., 132 F.2d 170. In the Deason case, Deason v. United States, 5 Cir., 254 F. 259, the defendant was convicted of a violation of the Espionage Act.

Thus it has been determined that in the application of the rule that every fact essential to a description or statement of the offense should be averred, an allegation of a day within the period of limitation is material, whenever the offense is subject to limitation. (Joyce Indictments [2d ed.], § 387; Bold v. United States, 265 Fed. 581; Meredith v. Commonwealth, 192 Ky. 377; 233 S.W. 793; Posey v. Commonwealth, 194 Ky. 483; 240 S.W. 91; State v. Colvin, 284 Mo. 195; 223 S.W. 585.) Where there are facts which operate to avoid the bar of the statute, the true date of the offense should be alleged, followed by allegations which would avoid the bar of the statute as an excuse for not having returned the indictment sooner. (Joyce Indictments [2d ed.], § 383; 31 C.J. 673, and cases therein cited; State v. Drum, [Mo.] 217 S.W. 23; State v. Bilbo, 19 La. Ann. 76; State v. Peirce, Id. 90; State v. Snyder, 182 Mo. 462; 82 S.W. 12; State v. Meyers, 68 Mo. 266; Blackman v. Commonwealth, 124 Penn. St. 578; Hickman v. State, 44 Tex. Cr. 533.)