Facts
- The defendant intended to kill his wife, and attempted to do so by adding some poison to some medicine intended for her
- The defendant’s wife complained that the medicine was not carrying out its true purpose, and so took it back to a chemist, who involuntarily mixed in the poison and consumed the mixture
- The chemist died as a result of the poison
Issue
- Did the defendant murder the chemist?
Decision
- Yes
Reasoning
- Malice can be transferred
