'A sentence of 18 months' imprison ment with bard labour was passed by Judge P, Grant Jones In H. M, Ssu rome Court last Wednesday on Jamal Din, whose trial on a charge of assault with Intent to do grievous bod-fly harm opened before His Lordship and a jury of five on the previous aay, The trial follows a case brought by the complainant, who has since died from a cause alleged to have no relation to the assault, against the prisoner and one other Indian in HM. Police Court before Mr. C, H. Haines, the second prisoner having been dis missed on the charge of assault, and algo one of robbery, and the " fr prisoner having been' acquitted of the charge of robbery.
Mr. Victor Priestwood, Crown Advocate, appeared for the prosecution, while tke prisoner conducted his own. ease, A full jury was originally empanelled, but one of the members, Mr. C. J, Chancellor, having failed appear, was fined £10 In con sequence, Opening the case for the prosecu-ton, Mr. Priestwood said that the section of the Act under which the prisoner was charged made it an offence for a person unlawfully oF maliciously to strike another with Intent to cause grievous bodily harm. Unlawfully here meant without lawful excuse, and maliciously _meant intentionally, With intent negatived the possibilliy of accident, and was to be inferred from the nature of the fact which caused the wound. Grievous bodily harm was such as to be of a permanent and dangerous nature and was sumMciont to fall under this heading it 1% interfered with health or comfort,
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