207 adjectives to describe murdering

In 1503, an act was passed prohibiting the king from pardoning those convicted of wilful and premeditated murder; but this appears to have been done at the monarch's own request, and was liable to be rescinded at pleasure.

"What a thrilling headline it would make for the Brandon Sun: 'The Black Creek Stopping-House scene of a brutal murder.

Kate had accused Jack of cold-blooded murder.

As I lay by and watched the moon riding serenely above these frantic men and their twisting black shadows, I reflected that they were just in the condition when one word from a holy man would suffice to send them off to wholesale murder and rapine.

'It is a cruel murder,' she said, 'and who knows but it might be our turn next?'

Come," said he smiling down into the girl's wide, fierce eyes, "save that fair body o' thine from the lash, now, and speak me where is thy father and brother that I may do justice on them, along with these other dogs, for the foul murder of my foresters yest're'en; their end shall be swift, look ye, and as for thyselfshalt find those to comfort thee anonspeak, wench!"

Boone had charged Jack with deliberate murder.

Although our Metropolitan Detectives have hitherto failed to solve the mystery in which certain atrocious murders remain shrouded, yet it would be simply captious to impeach them, on that account, for lack of sagacity, zeal, courage, or any of the numerous other qualities that go to the making up of an efficient "Hawkshaw.

(this is foot-note 11) MURDER Not having sufficient space for a complete catalogue, we shall here simply mention the judicial murders of Miss Cavell, Eugene Jacquet, Battisti, and others, in order to honour the memory of those noble victims.

Would that our people would stop this horrible murder of their own countrymen and lend an ear to the warning voice of our Army Direction.

"Then do you believe that a double murder was committed?" "I draw my conclusion from the fact that the young man, on being struck in the heart, could not have gone such a distance as that which separates the one mark from the other.

What mysterious murders, what heart-rending accidents, what showers of bonnets in the Paddington Canal, what legions of unhappy children dropped at honest men's doors!

what Father of Belzebub sent him hither?a plain case;I'll murder her out of hand.

I come to see you about the dreadful murder of the judge, Madame's friend.

Of course it would save me from the annoyance of being suspected of knowing something about the actual murder, but it is your interests that come first in the matter.

Again I say we can avenge; but against secret murder our powers only avail to deter.

But all these successes were stained by his treacherous murder of Ethelbert, King of the East Angles, and his violent seizing of that kingdom.

The Duke of Gloucester was capable of committing the most bloody and treacherous murders with the utmost coolness and indifference.

There were several deplorable incidentsthe shocking murder of the Duchess of Praslin, some scandalous trials and violent deaths following hard one upon another, and aggravating the momentary depression and the excited state of the popular imagination.

In the second place he felt a peculiar joy at the thought of freeing such a man from the imputation of a cowardly murder.

By the bye, talking of robberies and murders, a man was executed the day before yesterday on the Piazza del Popolo for a triple murder.

A woman in her beauty is a fair thing to the eyes of a man, yet I tell thee Beltane, they be snares of the devil, setting father 'gainst son andbrother 'gainst brother, whereby come unnatural murders and bloody wars.

And calling in one of his sub-inspectors, he gave him instructions for the immediate circulation of the description to all the police-stations in the county, saying the two men were wanted on a charge of willful murder.

What a frightful murder!" MRS.

That the premeditated murder of a slave by any person on board, should come under the same denomination.

207 adjectives to describe  murdering