Key v. State

Appellant was convicted of maiming, and given two years in the penitentiary.

The evidence is indisputable that appellant bit off a small part of the outer edge or rim of the ear during a fight with the assaulted party, Ashley. Ashley did not testify in the case. The State's witnesses show that a fight occurred between Ashley and appellant on the sidewalk or street in front of a pool room or billiard hall. The parties had played pool and Ashley had raised a disturbance in the pool hall because he had lost the game. Being rather profane Ashley was ordered out by the keeper of the hall. There is…