Gentlemen of the jury," he began, "the indictment in this case ismanslaughter in the first degree.
Guilty ofmanslaughter in the second degree," answered the foreman.
Manslaughter is a crime distinguished into degrees--namely, the first and the second degree.
The crime of manslaughter in the first degree--a crime for which a sentence of twenty years might be imposed--had not been proved.
If you find that a killing has taken place, but that it is not manslaughter in either degree, then it is your duty to acquit.
Nor was there credible evidence of criminal negligence, without which a verdict of manslaughter in the second degree could not be found.
It costs a little more, I suppose, to be acquitted of manslaughter than of criminal negligence; but on the other hand it may save you a thousand-dollar fine.
The prisoner was charged in the indictment with manslaughter in the second degree.
Manslaughter is punishable at law, by burning in the hand, and forfeiture of chattels.
Manslaughter is the killing a man with design, but in a sudden gust of passion, and where the killer has not had time to cool.
Two were brought in guilty of manslaughter (and were lightly punished).
A trusted clerk in a City office who has forged his employer's name, a solicitor absconding with trust funds, a man who has committed manslaughter are not to be classed in this respect with burglars, jewel thieves, or coiners.
Eventually she was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment.
Assassination", as distinct from manslaughter in vengeance for a wrong, is not very common.
The prisoner's counsel contends: First, That if Baxter's shot had killed the prisoner, Baxter would have been guilty of manslaughter at the least.
It is freely conceded that there is a great difference between the two conditions, and that many cases of homicide committed precisely under the same circumstances would be murder of an apprentice, and only manslaughter of a slave.
Manslaughter wants one of the above intents which define murder.
With this concession, freely made, it is believed, that if the shot of the deceased had proved fatal, he had been guilty of murder, and not of manslaughter only.
Second, This position being established, the killing of Baxter under the circumstances stated is but manslaughter in the prisoner.
Mr. Richard Thornhill, who was tried for murder and acquitted, but found guilty of manslaughter and burnt in the hand.
Desbourdes and Bridier were found guilty of aggravated manslaughter only, and sentenced to be burnt on the back, and to work in the galleys for life.
They are therefore prosecuted for manslaughter when their children die.
We are subject to prosecution for manslaughter or for criminal neglect if the patient dies without the consolations of the medical profession.
That you recommend the acceptance of a plea of manslaughter in the second degree.
Now in this case, though in all probability my client is guilty there is practically no possibility of his being convicted of anything higher than manslaughter in the first degree.
I can remember most clearly that only the fear of seeing you arrested for manslaughter induced a certain young lady to agree to it.
He was, however, found guilty of manslaughter only.
The coroner's jury, in the mean while, sat upon the body of Du Barri, and disgraced themselves by returning a verdict of manslaughter only.
These considerations appear to have weighed with the jury, and this fierce duellist was again found guilty of manslaughter only, and escaped with a merely nominal punishment.
One of the Massachusetts laws punished manslaughter with death, was not adopted by Connecticut, and only the first clause of the Massachusetts law against conspiracy, rebellion, etc.
I'm wanted for perjury in South Dakota, manslaughter in Texas, and bigamy in Utah.
But even there you will find certain cases in which manslaughter shows a lesser intensity.
For instance, about 3,000 cases of manslaughter are registered every year in Italy.
The manslaughter was committed, because the criminal wanted to commit it; and that is all there is to it.
If you take a geographical map of manslaughter in Italy, you will see that from the minimum, from Lombardy, Piedmont, and Venice, the intensity increases until it reaches its maximum in the insular and peninsular extreme of the south.
Driven by necessity, the several states practised wholesale manslaughter of the less fit.
That manslaughter of the aged and unfit was the result of the food policy was not denied.
The Jury attempted to bring in a verdict of manslaughter only, but the opinion of the learned Judges being repeated they returned a general verdict of guilty, and recommended the prisoner to mercy.
The wilful killing of an unborn child is not manslaughterunless made so by statute.
In the law of England infanticide is murder ormanslaughter according to the presence or absence of deliberation.
Manslaughter Law" is the satisfying name of the hill.
The boat is guilty of manslaughter and must no longer be permitted to sail the sea with innocent craft.
Also, if a third person accidentally happen to be killed by one engaged in a combat, upon a sudden quarrel, it seems that he who killed him is guilty of manslaughter only," etc.
Malicious crimes may be amplified into offences against the person originating in hatred, resentment, violent temper, and rising from mere assaults into manslaughter and murder.
If a coroner's jury, on inquiring into any sudden death, finds that murder or manslaughter has been committed, that finding has the same effect as an indictment by a grand jury, and the man charged may be tried by the petty jury accordingly.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "manslaughter" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: blood; elimination; homicide; killing; liquidation; murder; purge; purging; removal
