Gill v. State

The defendant was tried and convicted for a violation of the ¡provisions of Code § 26-8116, which is Section 16 of Title 81, “Acts of Malicious Mischief.” This section *586reads that “All others acts of wilful and malicious mischief, in the injuring or destroying any other public or private property not herein enumerated, shall be misdemeanors.”

It is insisted that the evidence did not authorize the jury to find the defendant guilty of malicious mischief, as set out in the above section, that is, of wilfully and maliciously injuring the automobile of Edgar Byars by throwing at it and hitting it…