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Example sentences for "found guilty"

  • QUIN, James, the actor, found guilty of manslaughter, i.

  • Layer had escaped and was recaptured, was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death.

  • Macartney came back and took his trial, but was only found guilty of manslaughter--that is to say, found guilty of having taken part in the duel, and escaped without punishment.

  • Should the accused be found guilty of high-treason he must suffer death, and there would be an end of the whole business.

  • But still it would be well--well for his sake, that his mother should not be found guilty by the law.

  • But if she were to be found guilty on any charge, it would matter little on what.

  • He did not say that he wished that she might be found guilty;--nor did he wish it.

  • She was, however, found guilty, and hung opposite Mitre Court, Fleet Street.

  • He was, indeed, found guilty only on his own acknowledgment, which stated he could accomplish the whole of a note in one day.

  • For striking a mayor blood for blood was the only expiation, and Thomas and John were at once tried at the Guildhall, found guilty on their own confession, and beheaded in Chepe; upon hearing which Edward III.

  • He was indicted for libel, found guilty, of course, condemned, imprisoned in the cell of a man who had been hanged for murder.

  • All persons who shall be taken with arms in their hands, within these lines, shall be tried by Court Martial, and, if found guilty, will be shot.

  • Roberts was later on arrested, found guilty, and transported for seven years.

  • A charge against a magistrate is to be referred to the public courts, and any one who is found guilty of deciding corruptly shall pay twofold to the aggrieved person.

  • Any one who is found guilty of such an offence shall be fined at the discretion of the court, and shall also be punished by a term of imprisonment.

  • But should he be found guilty, I think we ought to be ready with such steps as it will be becoming for us to take at the expiration of any sentence which may be pronounced.

  • If he be found guilty I think that the resignation of the living must follow.

  • How terrible would it be if a beneficed clergyman in the diocese should really be found guilty of theft by a jury from the city!

  • And now they tell me that my father will be found guilty, and will be sent to prison.

  • The next case we hear of is that of Elspeth Rule, found guilty of witchcraft before Lord Anstruther, at the Dumfries circuit, in 1708.

  • For this letter Lord George was exposed to a prosecution at the instance of the French ambassador, found guilty of libel, and sentenced to fine and a long imprisonment.

  • But tell me what they will do if I am found guilty.

  • Judith Witchell acquitted on two, found guilty on a third.

  • Agnes Godfrey of Enfield, with four bills against her, acquitted on three, found guilty of killing.

  • Elizabeth Newman of Whitechapel acquitted on one charge, found guilty on another, and sentenced to be hanged.

  • Joan Peterson of Wapping acquitted on one charge, found guilty on another, and hanged.

  • It's painful to distress you; but if he's found guilty, it's death.

  • How would you feel, should your son be found guilty; you know the penalty is his life.

  • Fifteen were tried, found guilty, and ordered to be hanged; and they were taken for execution on board the Royal Ann, with halters round their necks.

  • He was accordingly tried; and, upon the testimony of one witness, found guilty on a second capital indictment.

  • For this burglary and robbery she was brought to trial at the Old Bailey, found guilty, and sentenced to death.

  • Shaxton was then brought to trial, found guilty of some of the charges, and sent to England for punishment according to the King's pleasure.

  • They can also be found guilty by confession, examination, or otherwise.

  • Robbery by the miller was specially treated by an ordinance that "And if the miller be attainted [found guilty] of robbery of the grain or of the flour to the amount of 4d.

  • So Charles was tried in 1649, found guilty of "an unlimited and tyrannical power to rule according to his will, and to overthrow the rights and liberties of the people .

  • He was tried, found guilty, and duly executed.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "found guilty" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


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