Lamb v. Cree

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, J.:

This appeal is an ear-biting case involving two ladies in Searchlight, Nevada, and arising out of an application for a writ of habeas corpus. The district judge granted habeas, discharging the assailant, who was the defendant in a mayhem complaint in the court below, on the ground that she failed to bite off a large enough portion of the victim’s ear to constitute “permanent disfiguration.” We believe that, under the facts presented, the district judge should have denied the habeas petition and permitted the jury to pass on that issue.

1. The Facts

On March 8,…