Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1/4/1893

Commonwealth v. Hawkins

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157 Mass. 551
32 N.E. 862
1893 Mass. LEXIS 364

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holding that recklessness, not merely the violation of a city ordinance, must be shown for assault with a firearm conviction
holding that recklessness, not merely the violation of a city ordinance, must be shown for assault with a firearm conviction
\It is a general rule in criminal proceedings at common law that the defendant cannot be convicted unless a criminal intent is shown ...\
assault and battery may be established by the “intentional doing of an act which by reason of its wanton . . . character, exposes another to personal injury, and causes such an injury”
where defendant fired pistol into dimly lit street at night and hit someone over 200 feet away, wounding her, on facts found by jury, defendant would have been guilty of manslaughter had victim died

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