Twenty-eight-year-old Roy Griffiths of Hasting District, Trelawny was charged with Wounding with Intent, following an incident in his community on Friday, August 12.
Reports are that about 12:30 p.m., Griffiths and another were involved in a fight, during which he used a hammer to hit the man on his head. The lost consciousness and was admitted to hospital for treatment. Griffiths was later arrested and charged.
His court date is being arranged.