R v Latimer [1886] 17 QBD 359
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A prisoner tried to hit another, but actually hit woman beside him.
He was convicted and his appeal dismissed.
Lord Coleridge
Says that a malicious act carried out against a person, which in fact injures a third party, is considered guilty.
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