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1505. Maiming Defined-Any person who, with premeditated design to injure another, inflicts upon his person any injury which disfigures his personal appearance or disables any member or organ of his body or seriously diminishes his physical vigor is guilty of maiming. (2345 R. L. 1910)

1506. Maiming One's Self-Any person who, with design to disable himself from performing any legal duty, existing or anticipated, inflicts upon himself any injury whereby he is so disabled, is guilty of maiming. (2346 R. L. 1910)

1507. Same, to Obtain Alms-Any person who inflicts upon himself any injury such as if inflicted upon another would constitute maiming, with intent to avail himself of such injury, to excite sympathy or to obtain alms, or any, charitable relief, is guilty of maiming. (2347 R. L. 1910)

1508. Means and Manner Immaterial-To constitute maiming it is immaterial by what means or instrument, or in what manner the injury was inflicted. (2348 R. L. 1910.)

1509. Maiming by Disfigurement-To constitute maiming by disfigurement the injury must be such as is calculated, after healing, to attract observation. A disfigurement which can only be discovered by close inspection does not constitute maiming. (2349 R. L. 1910)

1510. Design to Maim Inferred-A design to injure, disfigure or disable is inferred from the fact of inflicting an injury which is calculated to disfigure or disable, unless the circumstances raise a reasonable doubt whether such design existed. (2350 R. L. 1910)

1511. Premeditated Design-A premeditated design to injure, disfigure or disable, sufficient to constitute maiming,

may be formed instantly before inflicting the wound. (2351 R. L. 1910)

1512. Recovery Before Trial a Bar-Where it appears, upon a trial for maiming another person, that the person injured has, before the time of trial, so far recovered from the wound that he is no longer by it disfigured in personal appearance, or disabled in any member or organ of his body, or affected in physical vigor, no conviction for maiming shall be had; but the accused may be convicted of assault and battery, with or without a special intent, according to proof. (2352 R. L. 1910)

1513. Punishment for Maiming-Any person guilty of maiming is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding seven years, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year or by fine not exceeding $1,000 or both such fine and imprisonment. (2353 R. L. 1910.)

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1514. Injuries to Reservoir Fences-It shall be unlawful for any person to cut, damage or otherwise interfere with any fence enclosing any reservoir site supplying any city or town with water; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (S. L. 1911, 191)

1515. Malicious Mischief-Any person who maliciously injures, defaces or destroys any real or personal property not his own, in cases other than such as are specified in the following sections, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and in addition to the punishment prescribed therefor, he is liable in treble damages for the injury done, to be recovered in a civil action by the owner of such property or public officer having charge thereof. (2765 R. L. 1910.)

1516. Following Sections Not Restrictive-The specification of the acts enumerated in the following sections of this article is not intended to restrict or qualify the interpretation of the last section. (2766 R. L. 1910)

1517. Unlawful to Tear Down Notice or Deface RecordAny person who shall wilfully or maliciously tear down or

deface any legal notice posted on any mining claim, or take up or destroy any stakes or monument used for marking such mining claims, or who shall wilfully or maliciously throw or place any dirt, water, brush, stones or other foreign substance into any mining shaft or tunnel belonging to or claimed by another, or who shall wilfully or maliciously alter, erase, deface, or destroy any record kept by any legally elected mining recorder shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100, or by imprisonment for not less than ten days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (2767 R. L. 1910)

1518. Injuring House of Worship-Any person who wilfully breaks, defaces, or otherwise injures any house of worship, or any part thereof, or any appurtenance thereto, or any book, furniture, ornament, musical instrument, article of silver or plated ware, or other chattel kept therein for use in connection with religious worship, is guilty of felony. (2770 R. L. 1910)

1519. Destroying Building With Explosive-Any person who maliciously, by the explosion of gunpowder, or other explosive substance destroys, throws down or injures the whole or any part of any building, by means of which the life or safety of any human being is endangered, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding ten years and not less than three. (2771 R. L. 1910)

1520. Endangering Life With Explosive-Any person who places in, upon, under, against, or near to any building, any gunpowder or other explosive substance with intent to destroy, throw down or injure the whole or any part thereof, under circumstances that if such intent were accomplished human life or safety would be endangered thereby, although no damage is done, is guilty of felony. (2772 R. L. 1910)

1521. Altering Landmarks-Any person is guilty of a misdemeanor who either:

First: Maliciously removes any monuments of stone, wood or other material, erected for the purpose of designating any point in the boundary of any lot or tract of land; or,

Second: Maliciously defaces or alters the marks upon any tree, post or other monument, made for the purpose of designating any point course, or line in any such boundary; or,

Third: Maliciously cuts down or removes any tree upon

which any such marks have been made for such purpose, with intent to destroy such marks. (2779 R. L. 1910)

1522. Interfering With Piers or Dams-Any person who, without authority of law, interferes with any pier, booms or dams, lawfully erected or maintained upon any waters within this State, or hoists any gate in or about said dams, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2780 R. L. 1910)

1523. Destroying Dam-Any person who maliciously destroys any dam or structure erected to create hydraulic power, or any embankment necessary for the support thereof, or maliciously makes, or causes to be made any apperture in such dam or embankment, with intent to destroy the same, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2781 R. L. 1910)

1524. Injuring Piles-Any person who maliciously draws up or removes or cuts or otherwise injures any piles fixed in the ground and used for securing any bank or dam of any river, canal, drain, aqueduct, marsh, reservoir, pool, port, dock quay, jetty, or lock is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding five years and not less than two, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (2782 R. L. 1910.)

1525. Masking Signal Light-Any person who unlawfully masks, alters, or removes any light or signal, or wilfully exhibits any false light or signal, with intent to bring any locomotive or any railway car or train of cars into danger, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding ten years and not less than three years. (2783 R. L. 1910)

1526. Injuring Written Instrument-Any person who maliciously mutilates, tears, defaces, obliterates, or destroys any written instrument being the property of another, the false making of which would be forgery, is punishable in the same manner as the forgery of such instrument is made punishable. (2784 R. L. 1910)

Information under this section. "Forgery" defined. "Destroyed," defined. State v. McCray, 15 Okla. Cr. 316, 176 P. 418.

Information approved. Arnold v. State, 15 Okla. Cr. 519, 178 P. 897. 1527. Injuring Telegraph or Telephone Lines-Any person who maliciously takes down, removes, injures or obstructs any line of telephone or telegraph or any part thereof, or appurtenance or apparatus therewith connected, or severs any wire thereof, or fraudulently intercepts any message in its

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