One act constituting several crimes, etc

(1) Where a person does several acts against or in respect of one person or thing, each of which is a crime, but all of which are done in execution of the same design, and in the opinion of the court before which a person is tried form one continuous transaction, that person may be punished for all the acts as one crime, or for any one 95 or several of those acts as one crime, and all the acts may be taken into consideration in awarding punishment, but he shall not be liable to separate punishments as for several crimes. (2) If a person by one act assaults, harms or kills several persons, or in any manner causes injury to several persons or things, he shall be punishable only in respect of one of the persons so assaulted, harmed or killed, or of the persons or things to which injury is so caused, but in awarding punishment the court may take into consideration all the intended or probable consequences of the