Section 99-5-21 - Bond good though it does not describe offense

All bonds and recognizances taken in criminal cases, whether they describe the offense actually committed or not, shall have the effect to hold the party bound thereby to answer to such offense as he may have actually committed, and shall be valid for that purpose until he be discharged by the court.Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 368; 1871, § 2873; 1880, § 3042; 1892, § 1395; 1906, § 1467; Hemingway's 1917, § 1225; 1930, § 1247; 1942, § 2490.