Abstract
One may commit a battery by causing injury through poisoning. Battery, of course, occurs when a person is injured in a dangerous situation intentionally created by the defendant.
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Dershowitz AM, New York Times, October 28, 1994.
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Boos WF: The Poison Trail. Hale, Cushman & Flint, Boston, 1939.
Glaister J: The Power of Poison. William Morrow and Company, New York, 1954.
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(2007). Poisoners in Court. In: Criminal Poisoning. Forensic Science and Medicine. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-256-4_8
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