Regina v. Holland

Holland (defendant) attacked Thomas Garland with an iron instrument, inflicting several wounds including a cut across one finger. A doctor told Garland the finger needed to be amputated or the wound could kill him; Garland refused amputation and later died. At trial, the surgeon testified Garland would have survived had the finger been removed, and the judge instructed the jury that Holland was guilty of murder if he intentionally and without justification inflicted the wound that ultimately caused death.