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Wounding. Unlawfully and maliciously wounding or causing grievous bodily harm with intent to do grievous bodily harm to any person by any means is, by s. 18 of the Offences against the (English) Person Act, 1861, a felony, punishable up to penal servitude for life; and by s. 19 of the same Act unlawfully and maliciously wounding or inflicting any grievous bodily harm is a misdemeanour punishable by five years' penal servitude.