(a) Whoever willfully and with intent to commit a felony or to injure, disfigure or disable, inflicts upon the person of another any injury which— (1) seriously disfigures his person by any mutilation thereof; (2) destroys or disables any member or organ of his body; or (3) seriously diminishes his physical vigor by the injury […]
To constitute mayhem, it is immaterial by what means or instrument, or in what manner, the injury was inflicted.
Whoever, with design to disable himself from performing a legal duty, existing or anticipated, inflicts upon himself an injury, whereby he is so disabled, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
When, upon a trial for mayhem, it appears that the person injured has, before the time of trial, so far recovered from the injury, that he is no longer disfigured by it in personal appearance, or disabled in any member or organ of his body, or affected in physical vigor, no conviction for mayhem can […]
