Wallace v. State

The appellant was indicted for mayhem upon the person of one, Ray Havens, the indictment, omitting the formal parts, reading as follows: “Linton A. Wallace and Charles Haywood Owens late of the county aforesaid, on the 25 day of October 1937, in said county, with the intent then and there of their malice aforethought to kill and murder Ray Havens or to . cut, mutilate, disfigure and disable one of the testicles of Ray Havens, did then and there wilfully, unlawfully, feloniously and of their premeditated design cut, mutilate, disfigure and disable one of the testicles of Ray Havens. Against…