Key legal question
Whether the indictment sufficiently described the charged acts and their purpose under the indictment principle.
Extracted holding
Yes. The indictment identified the letters, their contents, recipients, dates, and the purpose of pressuring the judge in the divorce proceedings, enabling defense and delimiting the trial issue.
Extracted reasoning
The indictment need only describe the facts precisely enough to define the subject matter and protect defense rights; it need not contain overly formalistic detail. Here, the accused also admitted sending the letters.