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Poison

A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

Ordinarily, a substance taken internally, seriously injurious to health and often fatal to life. In common parlance, chloroform is classed among poisonous substances. Upon a charge of murder by poisoning, the State must prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the deceased came to his death by poison administered by the accused knowingly and feloniously.

See Accident; Administer, 1; Adulterate; Attempt; Druggist; Murder; Noxious.