Section 99-7-33 - Libel

An indictment for libel need not set forth any extrinsic facts to show the application of the defamatory matter charged in the indictment to the party libeled, but it shall be sufficient to charge generally that the same was published of or concerning him, and the fact that it was so published must be proved on the trial.Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 256; 1871, § 2793; 1880, § 3017; 1892, § 1360; 1906, § 1432; Hemingway's 1917, § 1188; 1930, § 1212; 1942, § 2455.