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Meanings of penitentiary offense in English

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Usage of penitentiary offense in English
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To break a seal is a penitentiary offense.
Tramping on Life / An Autobiographical Narrative
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It was a penitentiary offense to own one.
No country for old men
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Dueling, according to the Illinois criminal statute of 1839, was a penitentiary offense, punishable by five years in prison.
A. lincoln: a biography
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That's a Federal penitentiary offense!
Bloom of Cactus
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So would Palford & Grimby before it'd be stone-cold safe to rush things and accuse a man of a penitentiary offense.
T. Tembarom
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As for you, you old money-hunting blunderbuss, the way you squirm in the presence of music ought to be a penitentiary offense.
Defenders of Democracy / Contributions from representative men a...
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There is no shady trick of commercial competition that they will not stoop to, nothing short of a penitentiary offense that they will balk at.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
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Penitentiary offense, I hear.
A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill
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He tells me there were three indictments for penitentiary offenses pending against Crook when the Mayor promoted him to be Chairman of the Board.
The One Woman: A Story of Modern Utopia
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"Impersonating an officer is a penitentiary offense."
Nothing in her way
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