State v. Brocker

This case is an indictment for malicious mischief, framed under Art. 2345, Paschal’s Digest. The charging portion of the indictment is in the following words:

“ That Joseph Brocker, late of said county, on the twenty-third day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the county aforesaid, unlawfully did wilfully and wantonly wound a certain bull, contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State.”

Defendant excepted to the sufficiency of the indictment, alleging as cause for exception, "…