Jones v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of libel. The Assistant Attorney-General moves to dismiss the appeal, because the recognizance fails to recite an offense known to the law. Said recognizance recites that the defendant “stands charged with the offense of libel.” This is the only recitation in said obligation of the offense. None of the constituent elements are set out or attempted to be set out. We think that the recognizance is sufficient. Libel is defined. to be an offense by the statutes, qnd is an offense eo nomine, as theft, murder, slander, etc. The motion to dismiss the appeal is…