169 examples of punishable in sentences

An OBEAH man or woman (for it is practised by both sexes) is a very dangerous person on a plantation; and the practice of it is made felony by law, punishable with death where poison has been administered, and with transportation where only the charm has been used.

A felony is any crime punishable by death or state prison.

Disobedience to orders and insubordination are crimes in a soldier or sailor; and refusal to pay just debts or any other conduct "unbecoming to a gentleman," are punishable offenses in an officer.

Nay, more; this deception and coarse breach of troth is a crime punishable by the loss, not only of personal, but also of civic honor.

Love for a man of errors punishable.

In the other world, were they only to take physic, it would be punishable enough of itself for a mis-spent life.

If love, as it is called, is allowed to be an excuse for our most unreasonable follies, and to lay level all the fences that a careful education has surrounded us by, what is meant by the doctrine of subduing our passions?But, O my dearest friend, am I not guilty of a punishable fault, were I to love this man of errors?

" "Don't you know it's punishable?" demanded the shipbroker, recovering.

The harboring of a runaway slave was punishable by a fine of one day for each the slave might be concealed.

When, however, the Negroes lost their political power, their property was seized on the plea for delinquent taxes and they were forced into the ghetto of towns and cities, as it became a crime punishable by social proscription to sell Negroes desirable residences.

That same evening Effie Carr wrote out the draft for twenty pounds on the Bank of Scotland, gave it to Stormonth, who, from a signature of the father's, also furnished by her, perpetrated the forgerya crime at that time punishable by death.

To this inconsistency of feeling we owe the necessary legal principle that deeds only, not intentions, are punishable.

Murder and the destruction of the intellect are, therefore, equally punishable.

Feuerbach wished to have this murder of the soul inserted in the criminal code of Bavaria as a punishable crime; but he was unsuccessful, and the whole doctrine has subsequently been condemned.

The laws of South Carolina and Georgia make it an offence punishable with death, "if any slave shall presume to strike a white person."

A negro striking a white person, except in lawful defense of his master's person, family or goods, was criminally punishable, though merely with lashes for a first offense; and thefts to the value of more than a shilling, along with all other serious infractions, were capital crimes.

In criminal prosecutions, on the other hand, slaves were considered as responsible persons on their own score and punishable under the laws applicable to them.

Such cases should either be always tried in camera or reporting them should be a punishable offence.

To belong to the order of Freemasons was punishable by death, but a lodge was in full activity, and when Lincoln was assassinated it sent me, for his widow, a letter of condolence.

Though deliberate murder is punishable by death, no American jury has ever convicted a man for slaying the seducer of his wife, daughter, or sister.

A false declaration is punishable by six years imprisonment, and an absolute non-compliance with death.

By the act of congress, April 30, 1790, if any person upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, commit murder or robbery, or any other offence which if committed within the body of a county, would by the laws of the United States, be punishable by death, such offender is to be deemed a pirate.

A woman is punishable if she does not pass the time of her monthly sickness in one of these huts or shelters provided for her use.

The Government had more-over taken a house-to-house inventory of food, and hoarding had been made punishable by law.

This is to inform all whom it may concern that such expressions of sympathy are criminal and punishable, and that, should they again, take place, the persons taking part in them will be proceeded against by court-martial, and the rest of the inhabitants will be summarily deprived of the privileges they now enjoy.

169 examples of  punishable  in sentences