"He may have fallen beneath the assassin's knife by giving quite a small and possibly innocent offense to somebody.

He took no offense at the snarl, but stood for a moment, gazing into the gloom where Gray Wolf had hidden herself.

"That will give us a chance to get out a comrade who may have committed only his first offense," Dave continued.

We appoint more and more "monitors" instead of training the "inward monitor" in each child, make truth-telling difficult instead of easy, punish trivial and grave offenses about in the same way, practice open bribery by promising children a few cents a day to behave themselves, and weaken their sense of right by giving them picture cards for telling the truth and credits for doing the most obvious duty.

I mean no offense, but you will agree with me that you Northern people are given up to the getting and worship of money.

Before it was half over the girls wished they were back in their automobile; but the Major whispered that for them to leave would cause great offense to the Indians and might result in trouble.

For if you will forgive men their offenses, your heavenly FATHER will forgive you also your offenses.

And I have called this morning to see if I could persuade Mr. Nelson to overlook this offense, pledging myself for his future good conduct, for I really think that this will be a lesson to him that he will never forget.

" Leroy knew Southern society too well to expect it to condone his offense against its social customs, or give the least recognition to his wife, however cultured, refined, and charming she might be, if it were known that she had the least infusion of negro blood in her veins.

The inclosed documents will present to Congress the necessity of some legislative provision by which to prevent the offenses to which they refer.

Then followed offense on offense.

He had seen that she did not altogether know her brother's offense, but since money was needed, Kit could guess; Gerald had been betting or speculating and had used money that was not his.

The House then filled the blank it had made in the bill by defining the offense as a high misdemeanor and providing a penalty of imprisonment of not less than five nor more than ten years.

" "If I do," promised Dave, "I shall merely look over his head when we meet, unless he repeats the offense that brought him that thrashing.

Experience, the parent of wisdom and the great instructor of nations, has established the truth of your position, that, remotely as we are placed from the belligerent nations and desirous as we are, by doing justice to all, to avoid offense to any, yet nothing short of the power of repelling aggressions will secure to our country a rational prospect of escaping the calamities of war or national degradation.

The term "other crimes" used in the constitution is generally interpreted "so as to include any offense against the laws of the state or territory making the demand."

The destruction of a slave's life or limb in the course of punishment by his master constituted no legal offense, nor did the killing of one by any person, when found stealing or attempting a theft by night.

Pepys wrote in a confused shorthand, maybe against the eye of his wife, from whom he had reason to conceal his offenses.

The worship of the beast and his image, and the reception of his mark, must be something that involves the greatest offense that can be committed against God, to call down so severe a denunciation of wrath against it.

On learning his offense, a lawyer told him, "Why, Sir, they can't put you in the stocks for that.

A most accomplished writer of the present day, who has devoted much care and ability to the examination of the case, has pronounced an opinion that the cardinal was innocent of dishonesty,[10] and limits his offense to that of insulting the queen by the mere suspicion that she could place her confidence in such an unworthy agent as Madame La Mothe, or that he himself could be allowed to recover her favor by such means as he had employed.

And Laura looked as if that in some way magnified the offense.

Having thus discussed the penalties which are affixed to masonic offenses, we are next to inquire into the process of trial by which a lodge determines on the guilt or innocence of the accused.

[Footnote 1: The Constitution gives the President power to pardon all offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.

I do this with a wish not only to render the punishment hereafter more severe for the wanton destruction of the public property, but to repeal entirely the statute of limitation in all criminal cases, except small misdemeanors, and in no event to allow a party to avail himself of its benefits during the period the commission of the crime was kept concealed or the persons on trial were not suspected of having perpetrated the offense.