McLaren v. State

One of the requisites prescribed by statute as to the sufficiency of a bail-bond is “ that the offense of which the defendant is accused be distinctly named in the bond, and that it appear therefrom that he is accused of some offense against the laws of the state.” Pasc. Dig., art. 2732, sub-div. 3. The bail-bond in this case, upon which the forfeiture was taken and judgment nisi rendered, recited the offense with which defendant was charged to be “ malicious mischief!”

Malicious mischief is nowhere defined by the written law of this state as a specific offense; and it is expressly provided by…