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Two days later, we all suffered again for one person's misdemeanour.

They were found guilty of serious misdemeanour on 2 July.

The public eye, too, is alert for misdemeanour in this situation above all others.

Careful, even talking about that sort of thing's probably a crime, or at least a misdemeanour.

However, he was fined 50 for the misdemeanour on 29 December 1930.

It was not applicable to a person prosecuted for misdemeanour.

A little misdemeanour had blown up in her mind into a major catastrophe.

Failure to answer such questions is punishable as a misdemeanour.

Now she looked almost like a child about to be scolded for some minor misdemeanour.

I would actually like to see a player shown his misdemeanour and be forced to explain it.

They may be guilty at most of a misdemeanour.

Historically, to cheat was to commit a misdemeanour at common law.

That, too, is against the law in California, and a misdemeanour.'

I mean, it's a misdemeanour they're accused of, not a felony.

To be without one is a misdemeanour in some horticultural establishments!

"The moment we come across any misdemeanour on the part of our police officers they are dealt with swiftly," he says.

In 1907, he could not resist himself and confessed his misdemeanour publicly, through press.

Children had the cane for talking more frequently than for any other misdemeanour.

She was arrested on 16 May 1994 and charged with misdemeanour marijuana possession.

Sarah was taken from class, charged with a criminal misdemeanour and ordered to appear in court.

She felt as though she was being interrogated over a misdemeanour.

To retain a stray cat is not a tort or a misdemeanour.

He was issued a citation for misdemeanour drug possession and released.

In extreme cases this may involve the boundary between a crime and a minor misdemeanour.

He sounded embarrassed, as though he had been caught in some misdemeanour.

True, it may have only been a misdemeanor, but still an important case.

Two weeks ago, he was hearing misdemeanor cases in county court.

Of more than 100,000 misdemeanor cases last year, he said, only 300 went to trial.

"But I think we have time for a few misdemeanors first."

He had never been charged by the police with so much as a misdemeanor.

It was only a misdemeanor to run a school, though, or to send children to one.

He was sentenced to 150 hours of community service for the misdemeanor.

Since 1997, she has had experience doing both misdemeanor and felony cases.

They also found her not guilty of the misdemeanor charge.

Failure to provide this information would be a misdemeanor under section 2921.29.

In court, the police reduced the charge against him to a misdemeanor.

"We process 14,000 misdemeanor cases a year and 100 to 150 at a time.

Your family has already been reported nine times this week for social misdemeanors.

She died, and the doctor was convicted of a misdemeanor.

California is the only state in which a misdemeanor crime can be made into a third strike.

Misdemeanor, when the victim is one of the before mentioned.

In recent years, more than two-thirds of the cases have been misdemeanors.

It does not take long for misdemeanors to become major crimes.

Of the 700 convictions, about 459 were for misdemeanors, officials said.

She is being held on misdemeanor charges of lying to the police.

Here's a chance to remember what real high crimes and misdemeanors are all about.

Where he sees a job, the police see a dangerous practice and a misdemeanor.

"And misdemeanor cases become hard to devote all your resources to."

In some states it is even a misdemeanor to hold these competitions.

A court date has yet to be determined in his misdemeanor drug case.