Hundreds of crimes--or rather misdemeanors--were punishable by death.
To speak lightly of any dogma was a crime punishable by death.
It provided, among other things, that violations of the act should be felony, punishable with death, and forbade the interstate coast-trade.
It was reported in an amended form on the 19th, and amended in Committee of the Whole so as to make violation a misdemeanor punishable by fine and imprisonment, instead of a felony punishable by death.
This law provided that direct participation in the slave-trade should be piracy, punishable with death.
Adultery is notpunishable by the law, nor is it a ground for divorce.
Any election offence was punishable by a fine of $3000 and imprisonment of two years, with costs.
Failure of any official to perform his duty in such cases was punishable by a fine of $100 or imprisonment for twelve months for every thirty days of neglect or failure.
To appear away from home in mask or disguise was made a misdemeanor, punishableby a fine of $100 and imprisonment from six months to one year.
Sexual intercourse with a female child under the age of consent is punishable as rape.
A heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death or imprisonment.
As a rule, in the old English law, offenses capitally punishable were felonies; all other indictable offenses were misdemeanors.
Any malpractice or unprofessional conduct towards her client would be punishable by fine, imprisonment, or expulsion from the bar, or by all three.
And now we are told the Ku-Klux law makes this hitherto laudable and innocent mode of procedure a crime, punishable with fine and imprisonment!
Nonconformist worship was made punishable by fine and imprisonment, and on the third offence by transportation.
The county council have also the same powers as a borough council of making by-laws for the good government of the county and for the suppression of nuisances not already punishable under the general law.
Right neverpunishable Our thinkers do not die early because they faithfully perform the natural functions of being.
At last he committed liver-complaint, 431:9 which I considered criminal, inasmuch as this offence is deemed punishable with death.
But what shall we say of a law under which, in a certain colony, the mere possession of dice or playing-cards waspunishable by a fine?
King Charles the Second for taking away the writ de Hæretica comburendo, leaves the first not now punishable with death, even in its highest degree.
One State makes improper relations, even by mutual consent, punishable with four years in the state-prison, if the girl be under eighteen.
Another statute against sturdy vagabonds and "rufflers found idling after being assigned to labor," and already having their ears so slit, are punishablewith death.
Punishable acts against the army of occupation will be judged by its military tribunals, and also offenses against the orders of the occupation administration.
During his tenure of office, no judge shall be deprived of his office unless he is convicted of crime, or for offences punishable by law.
Technically his offence was punishable by death-- the old Chinese code being most stringent in such matters.
Disobedience to the Church was sufficient; resistance to its claims was heresy, punishable here and hereafter with all the penalties of the temporal and spiritual swords.
Simony was recognized in the canon law as a heresy, punishable as heresy with perpetual seclusion, and as such was justiciable by the Inquisition.
It should be made a criminal offense, punishable with death or banishment to Chicago, for a person to manufacture a fruit jar, for preserving fruit, with a top that screws on.
Ours is proved by the fact, though perhaps unknown to Judge Stroud or yourself, that we have essentially altered this law; and the murder of a slave has for many years been punishablewith death in this State.
Fraudulently using the registered mark of another on lumber is punishable by fine or imprisonment by solitary confinement for a term not exceeding three years (id.
In either case it was an offence punishable by fines at discretion.
Defacing, removing, or counterfeiting brands from lumber floating in any river is punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine (L.
It was first made a statutory offence in 1562, and was punishable by fine, by standing in the pillory, having both ears cut off, the nostrils slit up and seared, the forfeiture of land and perpetual imprisonment.
Sexual attempts on children under fourteen years of age are legally punishable offences, and it is a matter of indifference whether the offender or the child was the instigator.
I refer to the paragraph by which the issue of advertisements for an immoral purpose is declared to be a punishable offence.
I pointed out that, in certain circumstances, a boy of thirteen who undertook sexual practices with a girl of twelve was committing a punishable offence.
The price of beer was fixed by law and an overcharge was punishable by drowning.
In the story of England we shall find that only a few centuries ago, to possess a Bible and read it aloud in the family was made an offense and was punishable if discovered.
Occasional cheating at play obliges to compensation; professed swindlers at play are punishable as for theft, and banished afterwards.
All betting houses are gaming houses within the meaning of the Act, and the proprietors and managers of them are punishable accordingly.
Gaming house keepers and gamblers are punishable with fine; professed gamblers with imprisonment.
Murder is punishable by death, or by a fine to be paid to the family of the deceased, if they prefer it.
