Alexander

Defendant was convicted of the crime of mayhem in that she maliciously and unlawfully destroyed the eye of one Moran Watson. She has appealed from the judgment pronounced and an order denying her motion for a new trial.

The first contention of appellant is that the verdict is contrary to the evidence and shows that in inflicting the injury upon Watson she acted in self-defense. There is ample testimony, if believed by the jury, to establish the following facts, namely: That for nearly a year Watson had been on terms of intimate acquaintance with defendant; that on the morning of March 22, 1921, she phoned him that she would be at the house of a friend in the afternoon. Watson, accompanied by a friend called Smitty, went to this house, where they found defendant and her friend, Mrs. Pinkie Pride. The four left for defendant’s house, some two or three blocks distant. On the way defendant gave the key to the house to Mrs. Pride, and left the party to perform some errand. Upon arriving at the house Mrs. Pride unlocked the door and the three entered. Soon thereafter defendant arrived at the house and, seeing a bottle of whisky on the table, proceeded through the kitchen and threw it…