| Court: | Supreme Court of Illinois |
| Facts: | Domestic strife leads to throwing of beer glass at wife carrying oil lamp. She is killed by the ensuing fire. |
| Posture: | Appealed after conviction for murder. |
| Issue: | Do the facts constitute murder? |
| Holding: | Yes. Affirmed. |
| Rule: | It doesn't matter whether the defendant intnded to strike his wife with the beer glass: he was engaging in conduct that was obviously likely to cause this sort of result, so he is responsible for the consequences. |
| Reasoning: | Note that malice is implied here. Transferred intent. If the act is a dangerous act, the defendant accepts the risk of danger. |
| Dicta: | |