Malicious Mischief

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The wanton or reckless destruction of property. The word malicious is not sufficiently defined as the willfully doing of any act prohibited by law, and for which the defendant has no lawful excuse. In order to a conviction of the offense of malicious mischief, the jury must be satisfied that the injury was done either out of a spirit of wanton cruelty, or of wicked revenge. Jacob. Mischief, Malicious; Alls. Sc. Cr. Law, 448; 3 Gush. (Mass.) 558; 2 Mete. (Mass.) 21; 3 Dev. & B. (N. C.) 130; 5 Ired. (N. G.) 364; 8 Leigh (Va.) 719; 3 Me. 177. Authorities are divided as to whether wantonness or general malice is sufficient. That it is not, see 79 N. G. 656; 44 Ala. 380; 49 Miss. 331. Contra, 28 Ga. 380; 44 N. H. 392.

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The wanton or reckless destruction of property. The word malicious is not sufficiently defined as the willfully doing of any act prohibited by law, and for which the defendant has no lawful excuse. In order to a conviction of the offense of malicious mischief, the jury must be satisfied that the injury was done either out of a spirit of wanton cruelty, or of wicked revenge. Jacob. Mischief, Malicious; Alls. Sc. Cr. Law, 448; 3 Gush. (Mass.) 558; 2 Mete. (Mass.) 21; 3 Dev. & B. (N. C.) 130; 5 Ired. (N. G.) 364; 8 Leigh (Va.) 719; 3 Me. 177. Authorities are divided as to whether wantonness or general malice is sufficient. That it is not, see 79 N. G. 656; 44 Ala. 380; 49 Miss. 331. Contra, 28 Ga. 380; 44 N. H. 392.

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The intentional destruction of someone’s property because of resentment or ill will toward its owner. When the act of destruction is by fire, statutes define the crime as arson (in U.S. law) rather than malicious mischief.

(Revised by Ann De Vries)

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The current, permanent, in-force federal laws regulating malicious mischief are compiled in the United States Code under Title 18, Part I, Chapter 65. It constitutes “prima facie” evidence of statutes relating to Crimes and Criminal Law (including malicious mischief) of the United States. The readers can further narrow their legal research on the topic by chapter and subchapter.


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