Territory of New Mexico v. Minter

Citations

• 14 N.M. 6

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS (BY THE COURT.)</p> <p>1. A recognizance which, describes the alleged offense against the principal “having sold and thereby deprived the owner thereof of a horse, the same being the crime of larceny” sufficiently designates the crime of which the principal stands charged, to bind the sureties on the bond or recognizance.</p> <p>2. In a complaint upon the forfeited bond or recognizance it is not necessary to aver the existence of the particular facts which prove that the officer had power to take it.</p>