State v. Vowels

By the Court,

McArthur, J.:

The indictment in this case charges Samuel Yowels with the crime of mayhem, alleged to have been committed as follows: “The said Samuel Yowels, on the 25th day of December, 1870, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, did purposely, maliciously, and feloniously, tear off the left ear of Joseph Taylor.”

The only question to be considered arises upon the sufficiency of the indictment to support the conviction had thereon in the Court below. It is contended, by counsel for appellant, that under §§ 69 and 70 of the Criminal Code, the crime charged to have been…