R v Ashman
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1858 |
| Date | 01 January 1858 |
| Court | Court of the Queen's Bench |
English Reports Citation: 175 E.R. 638
QUEEN'S BENCH, COMMON PLEAS AND EXCHEQUER
Co-raw Willes, J regina v ashman (To constitute grievous bodily harm, it is not necessary that the injury should be either permanent or dangerous, if it be such as seriously to interfere with comfort or health, it is sufficient.) Shooting with intent. The prisoner, a farmer, was charged with shooting, with a gun loaded with powder and blood, with intent to do grievous bodily harm. The Rev. Mr. Mahon was preaching in the parish church of Leigh Mendip, when a gun was fired through a hole previously cut in the window. He was struck on the temple, knocked back and stunned, his face, surplice and Bible being sprinkled with blood There was no wound, but grains of powder were imbedded in the forehead. The eye 1 F. & F. 89. REGINA V. ANNETT 639 was weak and the effects of the blow felt for two months after. The surgeon said, that had the charge struck the eye, or in a place nearer to the eye, the result would have been much more serious Wilfes, J (to the jury) -You must be satisfied that the prisoner had an intent to do grievous bodily harm It ls [89] not necessary that such harm should have been actually done, or that it should be either permanent or dangerous, if it be such as seriously to interfere with comfort or health, it is sufficient Not guilty of the intent Prideaux and Karslake for the prosecution Edwards and...
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