Molette v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the Criminal Court of Dallas. Tried before the Hon. Geo. H. Craig. cited Abram v. The State, 10 Ala. 928 ; Isham v. The State, 38 Ala. 213 ; Hale’s P. C. 509; 3 Cro. Rep. 538; 1 Bishop’s Criminal Law, §§ 411, 421-2; 3 Cush. 558.
1Opinion of the Court
■ PETERS, J.
— This is a criminal prosecution by indictment for the offence of mayhem, occasioned by biting off the ear, or part of it. The proofs show that the- accused had a fight, or “ scuffle,” with Burwell Molette, in the County of Dallas, the county in which the indictment was found; and that, during this scuffle, he bit off the ear of said Burwell Molette, or some part of it. It seems that Burwell Molette had grossly insulted Bama Molette, the sister of the accused, in her own house; and the fight grew out of this circumstance. There was no evidence of any ill-will between the defendant…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. AbramSupreme Court of Alabama · 1847
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