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Originally Posted by Rob M
I would imagine this could be seen in the same way that simply swinging punches is not illegal in and of itself, but connecting with another person and causing them harm would then be contrary to the law.
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Bullocks!
Throwing a shoe at someone for the purpose of hitting him is a battery if the shoe in fact strikes the person and is an assault if the shoe misses. The fact that the person may have been unaware that the shoe had been thrown at him is irrelevant under this definition of assault. The incorporation of the definition of civil assault into the definition of the crime makes it a criminal assault to intentionally place another person in "fear" of a harmful or offensive contact. "Fear" means merely apprehension - awareness, rather than any emotional state.