Williams v. State

1. “The word ‘maim,’ as used in section 752 of the Penal Code of 1910 [Code of 1933, § 26-7901], implies the infliction of some injury which deprives the animal of, or renders useless or partially useless, some useful organ or member—an organ or member useful to its own locomotion or defense, or useful to its owner in the way in which the animal was employed. And such injury must be permanent. Bailey v. State, 65 Ga. 410; Patton v. State, 93 Ga. 111, 116 (19 S. E. 734, 24 L. R. A. 732); Brown v. State, 127 Ga. 287 (56 S. E. 405). See also, in this connection, Black’s Law Diet. 741; 3 Words &…