Lynn v. State

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

The indictment charged that defendant unlawfully, maliciously, and intentionally put out or destroyed the eyes of Susie Davidson. In other words, the indictment charged the offense of mayhem as defined by Section 359, Title 14, Code of Alabama, 1940.

The testimony for the State tended to show that on or about the 7th day of August, 1941, Catherine Lynn, the appellant, had a difficulty with Susie Davidson upon one of the public streets of the city of Phenix City, Russell County, Alabama, and in that difficulty Catherine Lynn threw some substance into the face of Susie…