Flores was caught on the top of a peak in the Santiago range; all in all, some fifty-two culprits were brought to Los Angeles and lodged in jail; and of that number eleven were lynched or legally hung.
Bishop Kip was one of the young clergy who pleaded with the unresponsive culprits strung up by the San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856; and later he was known as an author.
The case of these wretched culprits is so disgusting in its details, that we feel justified in giving it only in as short a form as possible.
The culprits came forward, hanging their heads with shame.
The culprits were astounded at this sudden descent upon them; but before they could comprehend the situation fully, the principal turned upon his heel, and left the room without a word of astonishment or censure.
Instead the culprits were whipped and then banished on pain of death should they return.
Persons were presented for these offenses by the church wardens at the annual visitations;[737] and the culprits were punished by fines or whipping.
Usually one and sometimes both of the culprits are married.
When he had caught his culprits he quite deliberately applied the rack and other forms of torture to extract evidence.
The imprisonment of the culpritswithout trial was in any case illegal, and every attempt to persuade them to yield failed.
The culprits breathed again, and one of them even ventured to grin.
I shall only say, that the culpritsmade a full confession, that he sent back all the presents, including those intended for himself, to Mme.
The king asked the culprits if they recognized these letters.
The trembling culprits were taken to a room above the school-house, locked in and a strong guard set before the door.
Nor is it likely that the culprits would ever have expiated their guilt on the scaffold had not the foreign population loudly demanded, and liberally paid for their conviction.
Giving them only a two-minute start, the culprits flung caution to the wind and ran for the side street.
Whether, if these crimes are really committed, the culprits are to be reconciled and imprisoned, or to be delivered to the secular arm.
The two classes of culprits were largely distinct, and the tension of the public mind could not be relieved until the extent of both should be known.
Now that he had thoroughly examined the confessions of the culprits he proceeds to give in much detail the monstrosities which they relate and concludes with a brief expression of the convictions resulting therefrom.
Ecclesiastics were exhorted to show equal diligence in the prosecution of culprits that were in orders.
For other culprits extraordinary refinements of cruelty were reserved.
They were subjected to the paltry indignity of appearing in the guise of culprits brought to the bar to be judged and condemned.
Parliament was ordered to bring the culprits to justice; but, strange to say, none could be discovered--a circumstance certainly attributable rather to the supineness of the judges than to any lack of witnesses.
During the time the Recorder was passing sentence of death, the culpritsbehaved with great propriety.
Since their condemnation the culprits have behaved in a most exemplary manner, and have paid great attention to the Rev.
At times the escape of the culprits seemed inevitable; at times their death or capture seemed certain.
The evidence, as usual, was overwhelming; Balardi arrested the culprits and gave them ten days to show cause why they should not be tortured.
Considering the offences which the culprits had confessed and confirmed, the penance imposed was in accordance with rule--that of perpetual imprisonment.
The city is as displeased about these words as it is possible to be, and far from wishing to excuse the culprits has arrested as many as could be found and now holds them in durance awaiting any punishment your grace may decree.
Then the count proceeded to Dinant to inflict the punishment that the culprits had, to his mind, too long escaped.
As soon as it was realised that serious consequences might result from reckless folly, the authorities were quite ready to separate themselves from the event, and to arrest the culprits as common malefactors.
The Sandwich Islanders "sacrifice culprits to their gods, as we sacrifice them in Europe to justice.
Full details are lacking; we only know that autos de fe were held in which the culprits appeared for the second time, the sentences appear not to have been severe, but the honor of the Inquisition was vindicated.
While thus considerate of the slaves of culprits, confiscation seems sometimes to have extended to the persons of the culprits themselves.
The disabilities inflicted on descendants of culprits rendered it essential that genealogies should be traceable, but the incredible crudeness of these early lists shows how informal was the rapid work of that awful time.
Doubtless through these inflictions the culprits escaped corporal punishments much less endurable, and they serve to explain the persistent multiplication of familiars, coupled with disregard of the character of the appointees.
Still, a class of culprits such as these, composed of rich bankers and merchants, gave ample opportunity of swelling the assets of the Holy Office.
Moreover, the inquisitor inherited from his medieval predecessors an undefined duplicate function of confessor and judge--his culprits were penitents and the punishments he inflicted were penances.
The customary use of this was on culprits scourged through the streets or paraded in vergueenza, but it was sometimes employed to heighten the sufferings of prisoners, either through mere malignity or to induce confession.
After the hospital was dissolved the custom was continued at a public-house in the neighbourhood, and seldom did a cart pass on the way to the gallows without the culprits being refreshed with a parting draught.
Through holes in the side the heads of the culprits were placed.
At Nottingham in the olden time the culprits were usually taken to St. Mary's Church, where the officiating clergyman preached their funeral sermon.
It will be observed the seat for the culprits placed in the stocks was beside one of the immense oak pillars of the market-house.
It was a degrading mode of chastisement, the culprits being seated in the chair at their own doors or in some public place.
All the other culprits had died in this manner; and the head executioner inquired of Father Mathias, whether Amine had a claim to so much mercy.
The barefooted culprits could now scarcely walk, the small sharp flints having so wounded their feet, that their tracks up the steps of the Cathedral were marked with blood.
The head executioner now inquired of the confessors whether the culprits died in the true faith?
The culprits who had been spared were led back to the Inquisition by their godfathers, and those who had been sentenced were taken down to the banks of the river to suffer.
Neither of the culprits spoke; and I hoped that little more would be necessary to rout them fairly from the field.
His Majesty, filled with indignation, sent for the High Provost, and recounting to him what took place before his eyes, requested him to try the culpritsthere and then.
The five culprits were examined, when the Marquise de Villars stated that the inhabitants of Messina had given them an example which the King of France had not condemned!
Josiah Snelling, the commandant, very properly applied the custom prevalent among the Indians by turning the four captured culprits over to the injured Chippewas for punishment.
For the rest of the voyage the two culprits suffered all the inconvenience peculiar to a loss of citizenship.
The culprits reached England again, but not all; two were killed in an encounter with the Indians, another died of sickness, while the others were sorely tried by famine.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "culprits" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
