How To Use Offence In A Sentence

Public Prosecutor told the court that the offences of threatening and insulting a woman's modesty are bailable, so there is no need to grant anticipatory bail.
More serious motoring offences such as uninsured driving would carry a £10 surcharge.
So long as the defendant does not communicate his intention, he commits no offence.
If the borsholder could not find such a number to answer for their innocence, the decennary was compelled by fine to make satisfaction to the king, according to the degree of the offence. [ The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John
His offences came to light in January when the club's chairman telephoned him to ask why a £4,000 bill for printing the yearbook had not been paid.

She could walk without ever slipping on railroad tracks, across the tops offences, on swaying tree branches.
He suggested that tangling fishing gear should be made a criminal offence.
MPs said that the public had a right to know the identities of those convicted of the most serious offences. Times, Sunday Times
The maximum penalty for running grog into a restricted area is $1000 or six months for a first offence, and $2000 or 12 months for a second, plus forfeiture of the vehicle or aircraft.
She was arrested and charged with treason, a capital offence, but made no attempt to deny her actions. Times, Sunday Times
He said he was jailed in January for shoplifting offences and stayed off drugs when he was released.
They also say that the offences he is accused of are not crimes in England. Times, Sunday Times
Well, it would be in a whole new jurisprudence so far as the prosecution of Commonwealth offences were concerned in this country.
He is due to appear before magistrates in connection with a public order offence.
It has also pushed up muggings and violent crime offences by 43% since its inception.
Dad, you need a bath. No offence.
His defence lawyer said that Wilson's lifestyle had altered dramatically since the offences three years ago.
Amnesty is a pardon for an offence. Times, Sunday Times
The court heard that he still maintained his innocence over the offences which were years old.
It will be a criminal offence to hold yourself out as a Chinese medical practitioner or a herbal dispenser of Chinese medicines, and a range of other appellations, if in fact one has not been registered by the board.
He is due to appear before magistrates in connection with a public order offence.
The game was stuck in the middle of the pitch for long periods as both teams cancelled each other out and the referee constantly whistled for minor offences stopping either side gaining momentum.
The council has announced its intention to crack down on parking offences.
The biggest laugh is that after all this tooing and frowing, paperwork, negotiation and time spent the offence still has to be recorded and then closed UNDETECTED as no CJ disposal is recorded. Complete Utter Shambles « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
We are sorry if this suggestion caused any offence. Times, Sunday Times
So far as the essence of justice is concerned, there is no difference between one of the cases of punishment which you called barbarous, and one in which the penalty follows the offence within the hour. Dr. Heidenhoff's Process
In the ensuing litigation, this was portrayed as blackmail - a serious offence that has a maximum prison term of 14 years.
The decision whether to treat an offence as summary or indictable is made by the Crown prosecutor after taking into account all the circumstances of the case.
The offence carries a maximum jail term of six months. The Sun
This streaker has committed at least two arrestable offences by showing himself in public and running onto the pitch.
They left the _furca_ and the _patibulum_, the axe and the rods, to great offenders: for these minor and (if I may so term them) extra-moral offences _the bent thumb_ was considered as a sufficient sign of disapprobation, -- _vertere pollicem_; as _the pressed thumb, premere pollicem_, was a mark of approving. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863
Readers and other members of the public, sensing a clear impulse to beat down an unfavourable report, must have suspected some truth was giving offence.
Drugs include any intoxicant other than alcohol therefore even solvent abuse and driving may be covered by this offence.
It could even become a sackable offence. The Sun
What, man! there are ways to recover the general again: you are but now cast in his mood, a punishment more in policy than in malice; even so as one would beat his offenceless dog to affright an imperious lion: sue to him again, and he is yours. Othello
The King's religious policies, strictly applied by Archbishop Laud, gave offence to the Puritan merchants and artisans.
Universal jurisdiction entitles a state to prosecute an offence even in the absence of any connection based on nationality, territory, or the protective principle.
On surrendering, the paramilitaries had admitted only to the illegal possession of arms and to having agreed to commit an offence.
Moreover, such a requirement would discourage prosecutions for the aggravated offence and would exclude private prosecutions.
When an offence deserves a lesser sentence, let that sentence also be passed in open court.
Privilege determined by birth is an offence to any modern sense of justice.
I doubt Cameron will want to rile up all the MPs who agree with Duncan - if not the way he expressed it - by deeming this a sackable offence. The Tory grassroots deliver their verdict on Alan Duncan
Yesterday he admitted four driving offences, criminal damage and failing to provide a breath test sample to officers. The Sun
While many people may like to have a few beers before mowing the lawn on a fine Sunday morning, operating a riding mower while impaired is an offence under section 253 of the Criminal Code of Canada. Man Busted for Impaired Operation of a Riding Mower : Law is Cool
Keep the defence tight, and when on offence, I want to see quick feet and fast passing.
It shall be no offence for you to divorce your wives before the marriage is consummated or the dowry is settled.
Merseyside police received reports of two alleged offences in moving vehicles but the drivers were not traced. Times, Sunday Times
Although prostitution itself is not an offence, soliciting and pimping are illegal.
No offence ') is a miniature comic masterpiece. Times, Sunday Times
He was encouraged to plead guilty to the lesser offence.
He was sent off for two bookable offences and was the player to blame for the penalty which put Preston in front.
He said that although the Islamic laws fixed between 40 to 80 canings for alcohol consumption, which is recognised as an 'hudud' offence, the Shariah Court had no jurisdiction to impose such sentences, Bernama added. The Times of India
Toolies also continued to cause problems for police, with 27 arrests made on 33 charges, mainly for drug and street offences.
She had been due to be sentenced for two drink-driving related offences committed while she was already banned for a third.
If that doesn't quite amount to an intention to offend, it does amount to culpable negligence in avoiding pointless offence. Times, Sunday Times
‘The argument then was that to allow this element would give offence to people of other faiths,’ wrote Torrance.
Also, in my opinion, the use of that word, begining with SP and ending in a sound similar to the name of the masked mexican bandit, should be a finable offence. 50 Euro Fine for Torsonudismo
The six have been charged with sedition and taking an illegal oath to commit a capital offence, and, if found guilty, could face life imprisonment.
Their trade union says his actions constitute a criminal offence by inciting hatred, which carries a sentence of three to five years in prison. The Sun
What, man! there are ways to recover the general again: you are but now cast in his mood, a punishment more in policy than in malice, even so as one would beat his offenceless dog to affright an imperious lion: sue to him again, and he's yours. Othello, the Moor of Venice
The executive member said people in society felt as though there was no severe punishment for capital offences.
Police will be called in if there is suspicion a criminal offence has occurred. The Sun
After being held for approximately 2 weeks in immigration detention, the warrants for my arrest in respect of the alleged extraditable offences were issued.
Several offences such as manslaughter may be committed by omission.
The offence carries a maximum jail term of six months. The Sun
Note the offence of making a bomb hoax call etc. under section 51 Criminal Law Act 1977.
When punishment comes - such is the arbitrary nature of things - it is often for the wrong offence. Times, Sunday Times
The seriousness of the wrongdoing involved in such offences must be assessed by reference to the interests affected, the remoteness of the harm from the conduct, and culpability.
The Firearms Act 1968 sets out to control the possession of firearms and ammunition, and contains several offences.
No international body is entrusted with the task of prosecuting and punishing those criminal offences.
What does one do if police station staff do not accept complaints in cases of cognisable offences?
He admitted bigamy and received a caution for the offence.
We are against an overbroad speech offence. Times, Sunday Times
This man has no priors, who has been a contributing worker throughout his life, finds himself in the dock charged with a very serious offence.
Because of one minor offence he was branded a common criminal.
Will stop now as the third couplet is even worse, and wouldn’t wish to give offence. En français
That being so, the finding by the trial judge that the accused was guilty of the offence was not supported by admissible evidence.
But why would it not have gone in as other uncharged acts are sometimes led in trials for offences of this nature?
He pleaded guilty to three robberies, kidnap and one offence of aggravated burglary.
‘Not only were you guilty of the offence of which you were convicted, but you were also in my view guilty of dishonourable conduct,’ he said.
The offence they were being punished for was having long hair and corrupting the nation 's young. Times, Sunday Times
There is concern that police use the law to confiscate assets from people who have committed minor offences.
The couple's home was being renovated at the time of the offence and the money was set aside to pay the tradespeople.
Henry disafforested land that King John and Henry II had afforested. The Charter of the Forest in 1217 relaxed Forest Laws - there was no more death and mutilation for Forest offences.
'By that account,' said Lady Anne, 'which I believe to be just, her contrition is always ten times as great as her offence.' Belinda
The offence carries a mandatory life sentence.
Police say he called a friend and told him that he needed help because he was being chased for a drink-driving offence. Times, Sunday Times
He caused many an offence during the Christmas period by openly stating his hatred of the Geldof coup.
So far, eight have been arrested for offences such as conspiracy, handling stolen goods, possession or supply of drugs and driving without insurance.
Lastly I apologise to those of you that I upset, no offence was intended.
These offences provoked an outcry when the nation was honouring those who have died in service. The Sun
Three hundred and six British servicemen were shot for offences against military law, including cowardice and desertion. Times, Sunday Times
David was not convicted of a criminal offence after the age of majority.
It will then be an offence to act with the intention of stirring up religious hatred. Times, Sunday Times
If so, both the probation service and police have a duty of care to people we assess, regardless how heinous the offence. The Sun
Not only did you rob her of her bag but you injured her and the offence has left an appalling blot upon her memory.
The individual then received a penalty notice from police and is said to have agreed to accept three points on their licence for the offence. Times, Sunday Times
Publication in contravention of this provision is an offence punishable on summary conviction with a fine not exceeding ￡1,000.
No one who has been finally acquitted or convicted of, or pardoned for, an offence shall be tried or punished for it again.
_ viij_d. _, and for the third offence x_s. _, and for every other offence after such third time to forfeit and lose like sum, and to suffer imprisonment by the space of two whole days and nights without bail or mainprise. Old St. Paul's Cathedral
The possession of stolen property is a criminal offence.
Although these factors are never an excuse for criminal activity, a judge can take them into consideration in exhibiting some leniency, especially if it is a first time offence or the offender has demonstrated rehabilitation. Don’t Do Mandatory Drug Sentences : Law is Cool
Our increased knowledge of hygiene has transformed resignation and inaction in face of epidemic disease from a religious virtue to a justly punishable offence. Infinite in All Directions
The gang had been tipped off and now it was payback time for this offence. Times, Sunday Times
But the figures do NOT include more than 250 fatal stabbings or thousands of more minor knife offences. The Sun
The good thing about Kenny is that you can take a friendly sideswipe at him, and he doesn't take offence.
Artists guilty or suspected of formalism were persecuted and encouraged to make public recantations for their offences.
Other offences considered more serious include parking more than 50cm from the kerb, parking adjacent to a dropped kerb and stopping outside a school. Times, Sunday Times
He says that the words complained of were meant and calculated to disparage the Claimant in his profession and business and also that they imputed to him the criminal offences of harassment stalking and theft.
Justice James also said the 34-year-old was not likely to recommit the offence with which he is charged.
Except in the case of conviction for a criminal offence, there is no mechanism for removing them except at the ballot box. Times, Sunday Times
He was not aware that he had committed an offence.
I wanted to put all your minds at rest - my wife reads my article each week and has not taken offence (so far, anyway).
There are already desirable laws restricting free speech by making it a offence, for example, to incite race hatred or violence. Times, Sunday Times
The conviction for drink-driving was allowed to stand, but the prison sentence for that offence was quashed. Times, Sunday Times
Officers have made more arrests for class A offences than any other county division.
He suggested that tangling fishing gear should be made a criminal offence.
She said that the extra powers being considered would be to deal with common offences including using a mobile telephone at the wheel and speeding. Times, Sunday Times
Also the list of heinous offences should be expanded to cover social and economic offences.
The court was told that he was under the influence of alcohol when he committed the offence.
That is, they must convict him of the offence which they think he probably did not commit.
First I take offence to the use of the term deadbeat, yes there are those which believe that society owes them a living, but, there are also those who truely are down on their luck right now, while we send billions to foreign countrys to feed, house and educate their children we cant make sure our own have the same privilages. Undefined
It trades grain amid food riots and has been accused of profiteering and environmental offences in numerous poor and war-torn countries. Times, Sunday Times
Later, an industrious blousard of my acquaintance was arrested at his work, and sent to prison for the same offence: he was a carriage-maker. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875
A fingerpost bore an admirable red warning sign, a new one on me, it read: ‘East Riding of Yorkshire Council - Criminal Damage Act 1971 - It is an offence to tamper with this sign… £1,000 fine… 6 months imprisonment…’
Those being chased were often suspected of motoring offences. Times, Sunday Times
How could I commit such an offence when I really do love my parents so much?
Similarly, the much greater availability of illegal drugs has led to a phenomenal growth in drug offences.
They deny offences including conspiracy to corrupt and the trial at Southwark crown court continues. Times, Sunday Times
The former of these two offences differs from the latter by the difference between "fustian" and "gush. English Men of Letters: Coleridge
So does cartel activity amount to a criminal offence under common law, so as to justify its being extraditable? Times, Sunday Times
Cathy was fined for her first offence.
Furthermore, the conviction of a registered medical practitioner for offences of violence is a matter of grave concern.
None shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the same time when it was committed.
A day later he was granted bail for offences of conspiracy to utter counterfeit currency and conspiracy to defraud.
Merseyside police received reports of two alleged offences in moving vehicles but the drivers were not traced. Times, Sunday Times
The club were found not guilty of alleged offences over payments to two other players. Times, Sunday Times
Mr Thornhill said: We feel very strongly that short term custodial sentences must be available and available for those who continue to offend, particularly violent offences. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Assaults and related offences are treated as serious crimes, which attract substantial penalties.
To investigate allegations of offences against trading standards legislation.
With the more amorphously defined 'public order' offences, criteria of what constitutes a disturbance are situationally variable.
Those alleged offences were abandoned on Friday when the Crown announced that it would not seek a retrial. Times, Sunday Times
The move will halt all trials for offences carrying a maximum sentence of ten years or less. The Sun
Luciano Becchio and Max Gradel had cancelled out Jason Shackell's early opener but Matthew Hill equalised for Barnsley early in the second half and Leeds had Bradley Johnson sent off on 52 minutes for a second bookable offence. Aaron Ramsey strikes to help Cardiff end Leicester's unbeaten run
Failure by a trader to comply with a prohibition notice or notice to warn is a criminal offence.
Jonathan Simpson, defending, said that his client had been a slow developer as a child and was very immature at the time of the offence.
The public order offence was dismissed and the assault charges discharged.
This requires that an extraditable offence must also be a crime in the UK.
I am the first to admit that the science is confusing and can seem contradictory - but the root of it, to try and ensure that future generations aren't igniting their farts to keep warm isn't exactly a hangable offence, is it? Jo Rourke: "Sustainability"
It said there was insufficient evidence to prove an offence. Times, Sunday Times
Judges are imposing increasingly heavy fines for minor driving offences.
It was silly of Grace to take offence at our innocent remarks.
A fall in some crimes in South Yorkshire has brought praise from the police authority, which has acknowledged that more work needs to be done to reduce violent offences.
The penalties should be proportionate to the gravity of the offence.
The offence of rape was clearly of the utmost gravity.
We are conscious, dealing with victims, that no offence except the most serious assaults so trouble and disturb people as an invasion of their homes.
Then when Jed were penalised for a stamping offence, Stenhouse punished the misdemeanour with well-struck kick to put the Greens eight points ahead.
The arrests were made for a range of alleged offences including racist chanting and violent disorder when the teams met at Wednesday's Hillsborough ground on Saturday.
Offences had to be clearly defined by law and be both accessible and foreseeable. Times, Sunday Times
He claimed that he was "cajoled" into committing the offences of breaking into the SMRT Changi Deport and vandalising two train carriages. TODAYonline
The author proposed that the crime of illegal medical practice also an non - statutory offence to intent.
Further, in the case of those convicted of specified criminal offences or who have been cautioned there are now in place stringent requirements.
It does not matter that the offences are trivial or made under the immunity perhaps conferred by the Senate in the course of an inquiry.
Here too, there was a genuine sense of personal offence; the feeling that an act of indecency had been committed. Times, Sunday Times
It will make it an offence to light up in a pub, bar, club or restaurant and offenders could be fined.
One of our best subs, taken to task this morning for what I described as the unforgivable crime of putting an acute accent on the artist Edgar Degas 'surname in last week's paper, held his hand up to the offence but pointed out that he had been working on seven different pages under severe time pressure," Marsh writes. Regret the Error
Yet these are just the offences for which the law contemplates disherison. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02
The draftsman did not make the crimes formerly contained in those statutes consistent or create a hierarchy of offences.
No separate penalty was imposed for the other driving offences though his licence was endorsed with the appropriate penalty points.
It makes me sick that people commit offences and never get punished.
At present most cases are brought under the catch-all heading of breach of the peace, which means repeated offences can be overlooked on sentencing.
I know for a fact, because the police told me, 70 demonstrators were arrested for serious imprisonable offences. Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...
It is also interesting to note that these are reported offences and do not account for people who are being threatened on a daily basis by gangs who entice businesses for protection money.
At the end of six months he had been gradually destroyed by secret poison in his prison in the Tower (to which for an alleged offence he had been committed) by the agency of Dr. Forman, a famous 'pharmaceutic,' under the auspices of the Earl of Rochester. The Superstitions of Witchcraft
Both the advertiser and the publisher of the newspaper or other medium will be guilty of the offence.
A demise charter who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.
One in four inmates in federal and state prisons is in for drug-related offences, most non-violent.
There is concern that police use the law to confiscate assets from people who have committed minor offences.
one who cleans and restores and sometimes ruins old pictures"; Pict: "one of an ancient people of obscure affinities, in Britain, esp. north-eastern Scotland; in Scottish folklore, one of a dwarfish race of underground dwellers, to whom (with the Romans, the Druids and Cromwell) ancient monuments are generally attributed"; perpetrate: "to execute or commit (esp. an offence, a poem, or a pun)"; and eclair: "... long in shape but short in duration. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 1
However, by corollary, the husband had a reciprocal duty to provide a home for the wife to live in with him, so long as she did not commit a matrimonial offence (such as adultery).
It would be perfectly possible for a criminal code to provide separate crimes of negligence, with lower maximum sentences, at appropriate points in the hierarchy of offences.
And the '"steal Injun hoss!" iterated and reiterated by a dozen voices, and always with the most iracund emphasis, enabled Roland to form a proper conception of the sense in which his enemies held that offence, as well as of the great merits and wide-spread fame of his new ally, whose mere voice had thrown the red-men into such a ferment. Nick of the Woods
She pleaded guilty to the offences at Dewsbury Magistrates Court on October 22 when she was committed to the Crown Court for sentencing.
POLICE fiddling crime figures must be made a criminal offence. The Sun
Sentencing, Recorder John Gibson said the offence was serious enough to warrant custody.
He emphasises that the statutory offence requires a deliberate intentional act.
My ignorance of his demise may have caused offence, and I apologize for that.
It is an offence to sell intoxicating liquor to anyone under the age of 18.
Charges ranged from forgery and fraud over $5,000 to conspiracy to commit an indictable offence.
The claimant said that she committed her offences in order to raise cash for drugs, those drugs being originally amphetamine and later heroin.
I don't think you realize the extreme gravity of this offence.
If the person making the demand has in fact a claim of right to the money, then it does not constitute the offence of demanding money with menaces because the circumstances do not amount to stealing.
All were guilty of capital offences according to one side or the other. REBELS AND REDCOATS: The American Revolutionary War
In singling out gay men, the offence bears the hallmarks of homophobic prejudice, and belongs to the less tolerant era.
There was no remedy for what was called by Lord Lovat's friends, the "rascality" of the judges: -- and again this unworthy Highlander was driven from his own country to seek safety in the land wherein his offences had received their pardon. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II.
This alone is a sufficient reason for deleting old records of minor offences. Times, Sunday Times
The Committee is thus opposed to any form of integration between the three offences of rape, indecent assault and buggery.
He defended clients in court for driving offences. The Sun
Mr. Lawrence Is the hon. Gentleman in favour of reducing the age of consent in homosexual offences to 16?
He took offence and called me something unrepeatable.

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