Different offences of the same general nature may be joined in the same indictment; 1 Chitty, Cr. Law 253, 255; 29 Ala. N. 8. 62; 28 Miss. 267; 4 Ohio St. 440; 6 McLean 596; 4 Denio 183; 18 Me. 108; 1 Cheves 103; 4 Ark. 56; 158 Mass. 164; 25 Neb. 581; see 14 Gratt. 687; 80 Tex. App. 628; and it is no cause of arrest of judgment that they have been so joined; 29 E. L. & Eq. 536; 29 N. H. 184; 11 Ga. 225; 3 W. & M. 164; see 1 Strobh. 455; but not in the same count; 5 R. I. 385; 24 Mo. 353; 1 Rich. 260; 4 Humphr. 25; see 9 Lawy. Rep. Ann. 182, note; and an indictment may be quashed, in the discretion of the court, where the counts are joined in such man- ner as will confound the evidence; 17 Mo. 544; 19 Ark. 568, 577; 20 Miss. 468. No court, it is said, will, however, permit a prisoner to be tried upon one indictment for two distinct and separate crimes; Steph. Cr. Proc. 154; 29 Ν. Η. 184. See 5 S. & R. 59; 10 Cush. 580. Where, out of precaution to meet every aspect of a single offence, an indictment charges distinct crimes, and no attempt is made to convict accused of disconnected offences, the state will not be compelled to elect on which he shall be tried; 91 Ala. 87. Three separate offences, but not more, against the provisions of U. S. Rev. Stat. § 5480, prohibiting the use of the mails with intent to defraud, when committed within the same six calendar months, may be joined, and when so joined there is to be a single sentence for all, but this does not prevent other indictments for other offences under the same statute committed within the same six calendar months; 128 U. S. 672. In Demurrer. The answer made to a demurrer. Co. Litt. 71 b. The act of making such answer is merely a matter of form, but must be made within a reason- able time; 10 Rich. 49. Of Issue. The act by which the parties to a cause arrive at that stage of it in their pleadings, that one asserts a fact to be so, and the other denies it. For example, when one party denies the fact pleaded by his antagonist, who has tendered the issue thus, "And this he prays may be inquired of by the country," or, "and of this he puts himself upon the country," the party denying the fact may immediately subjoin, "And the said A B does the like;" when the issue is said to be joined. Of Parties. IN CIVIL CASES. IN EQUITY. All parties materially interested in the subject of a suit in equity should be made parties, however numerous; Mitf. Eq. Plead. 144; 2 Eq. Cas. Abr. 179; 1 Pet. 299; 18 id. 359; 7 Cra. 72; 2 Mas. 181; 5 McLean 444; 2 Paine 536; 1 Johns. Ch. 349; 2 Bibb 184; 24 Me. 20; 7 Conn. 342; 11 Gill & J. 426; 4 Rand. 451; 7 Ired. Eq. No. C. 261; 2 Stew. Ala. 280: either as plaintiffs or defendants, so that there may be a complete decree which shall bind them all; 133 U. S. 233, 579. But, where the parties are very numerous, and sue in the same right, a portion may in some cases appear for all in the same situation; Beach, Eq. Pr. § 63; 16 Ves. 321; 16 How. 288; 11 Conn. 112; 8 Paige, Ch. 222; 19 Barb. 517. See 152 Mass. 123. Mere possible or contingent interest does not render its possessor a necessary party; 6 Wheat. 550; 8 Conn. 354; 5 Cow. 719. And see 3 Bibb 86; 6 J. J. Marsh. 425. Contingent remaindermen are not neces- sary parties to a suit to set aside the deed creating the remainder; 148 Ill. 290; nor a residuary legatee to a bill filed by a legatee or creditor to assert a claim against the estate of a testator; 17 N. J. Eq. 156. There need be no connection but commu- nity of interest; 2 Ala. N. S. 209. It is not indispensable that all the parties to a suit should have an interest in all the matters contained in the suit, but it will be suf- ficient if each party has an interest in same material matters in the suit, and they are connected with the others; 128 U. S. 403. A court of equity, even after final hear- ing on the merits and on appeal to the court of last resort, will compel the joinder of necessary parties; 89 Mo. 284.