Patton v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for malicious mischief. Before Judge Hutchins. Banks superior court. September term, 1893.
1Opinion of the Court
Lumpkin, Justice. ,
As will be perceived from the head-note, we have decided this case without reference to the question whether a dog is or is not “ private property.” It may not, however, be unprofitable to notice how this question has been dealt with in other jurisdictions. In Com. v. Maclin, 3 Leigh, 809, it was, in the general court of Virginia, by a divided bench, decided that a statute making it indictable to knowingly and willfully destroy or injure any tree, or other timber, or property real or personal, belonging to another, did not authorize a criminal prosecution for the killing of…
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