Massey v. State

This case is an appeal from a final judgment rendered on a forfeited bail-bond. The third requisite of a bail-bond is “ that the offense of which defendant is accused be distinctly named in the bail-bond, and that it appear therefrom that he is accused of some offense against the laws of the state.” Pasc. Dig., art. 2732.

The offense of which the defendant is accused, as described in the bail-bond, is “ carrying a pistol.” The offense set out in the indictment is not called by any defined name — such as theft, robbery, murder, and arson—used in the Code, but is embraced in one of the offenses…