OPINION
MOWBRAY, Justice:
This appeal is an ear-biting case involving two ladies in Searchlight, Nevada, and arising out of an application for a writ of habeas corpus. The district judge granted habeas, discharging the assailant, who was the defendant in a mayhem complaint in the court below, on the ground that she failed to bite off a large enough portion of the victim's ear to constitute "permanent disfiguration." We believe that, under the facts presented...
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