Edwards v. Dorsey

While it is not necessary that the offense named in a recognizance be stated with the same degree of particularity as is required in an indictment, or that it be set out specifically or in detail, “ the offense described in the recognizance must be one punishable by law; ” and where it is not, the recognizance is void. The recognizance in the instant case is conditioned for the appearance of the principal to answer to a special presentment of the grand jury for “the offense of shooting,” and having failed to set out specifically or in substance an “ offense committed against the laws of this…