Code of Alabama
Article 7 - Offenses Relating to Libel and Defamation.
Section 13A-11-162 - Indictment for Libel.

An indictment for a libel need not set forth any extrinsic facts for the purpose of showing the application to the party libeled of the defamatory matter on which the indictment is founded; it is sufficient to state generally that the same was published concerning him, and the fact that it was so published must be proved on the trial.