Had Jack left papers incriminating him?

A vague and ominous question carries as much weight with some people as a statement, and has the signal advantage of being less incriminating.

Those on a vessel skirting the shore could not fail to discover that incriminating bit of evidence with their glasses.

It would not be easy to surprise Mershone in any self-incriminating action.

They can't call in the assistance of the law" "Why not?" "Because to get even with me it would be necessary for them to make certain incriminating admissions, and to call certain evidence that would entail caustic remarks from a learned judge, and would not improbably lead to a charge of murder being preferred against them.

The possibility, in fact the probability, of Psmith's having substituted another shoe for the one with the incriminating splash of paint on it had occurred to him almost immediately on leaving the headmaster's garden.

She was a small person, thin as a lath, with no attempt at complexion, and a way of doing her hair which alone would have proved impeccable virtue in the face of incriminating circumstantial evidence.

It contained the prints of both thumbs of Mr. Reuben (among others), and, as the detective had with him a photograph of the incriminating mark, the comparison was made then and there; and you may imagine Mrs. Hornby's horror and amazement when it was made clear that the print of her nephew Reuben's left thumb corresponded in every particular with the thumb-print that was found in the safe.

"We have the goods on old Hoff, but we have nothing incriminating against Frederic yet.

It told more against the Countess, who, if innocent, would have no reason to conceal or make away with a possibly incriminating possession, the need for which she could not of course understand.

The bookwhich he no doubt lost inadvertently is very incriminating to himself and his friends.

Is it not strongly, conclusively incriminating?

Men high in the state, as well as helpless old women in their dotage, disfigured with "witch-moles" or incriminating beards on their withered faces, were equally vulnerable to this most fearful of weapons ever placed by ignorance in the hands of the malignant gossip.

This explains the inexplicable disappearance of evidence incriminating one person, Thurston, and the sudden appearance of evidence incriminating another, Dr. Dixon.

This explains the inexplicable disappearance of evidence incriminating one person, Thurston, and the sudden appearance of evidence incriminating another, Dr. Dixon.

It was the same as the note incriminating Dixon: * *

Yet I could not decipher any of the words, and this fact dismayed me, for I firmly believed that those who stood about could read them all and found them to be incriminating evidence.

This complication of logic made it doubly difficult for me to keep from incriminating myself and others.

Criminating (see Incriminating).

Evidence, compulsory intrust cases; legislation upon (see Incriminating Evidence).

Immunity, principle of discussed (see Incriminating Evidence).

Incriminating evidence, principle protecting a man from self incrimination; of corporations.

The evidence of the nuns and servants aloneevidence of frequent and long meetings by day and night, of embraces exchangedwas sufficiently conclusive, without the incriminating letters which were discovered in the Major's bureau, labelled "Letters from the Tsarina," or Eudoxia's confession which was extorted from her.

It was not at all probable the satchel contained any incriminating evidence, yet the temptation was strong to obtain, if possible, a hasty glance at the contents.

Imprisonment in Castel Sant' Angelo and even the use of torturemild, doubtlessfailing to extract incriminating admissions from the accused, both prisoners were unconditionally released.