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R v Smith (Thomas Joseph)

R v Smith (Thomas Joseph) [1959] 2 QB 35 is an English criminal law case, dealing with causation and homicide. The court ruled that neither negligence of medical staff, nor being dropped on the way from a stretcher twice, constituted breaks in the chain of causation in murder cases.

Facts
A soldier intentionally stabbed a comrade, C, in the chest. On the way to the medical centre, C had been dropped twice by comrades carrying him and, on arrival, the doctor failed to notice that one of C's lungs had been pierced, causing haemorrhage, and the treatment provided was, as it later turned out, inappropriate and harmful. Had he had appropriate treatment, he might not have died. ==Jury instruction and jury decision==
Jury instruction and jury decision
Lord Parker CJ, delivering the judgment of the Courts-Martial Appeal Court, said, at p. 48: ==See also==
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