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Definition of Felons
1. felon [n] - See also: felon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Felons
Literary usage of Felons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. National Judicial Reporting Program, 1990 by Patrick L. Langan, Richard Solari (1995)
"felons sentenced to a State prison in 1990 had an average sentence of 6 'A ...
The 829000 felons sentenced in 1990 were convicted altogether of about 1 ..."
2. A Study of Women Delinquents in New York State by Mabel Ruth Fernald, Mary Holmes Stevens Hayes, Almena Dawley, Beardsley Ruml (1920)
"Of our total group of cases, 461 or 78.5 per cent are misdemeanants. (d) Comparison
of Nature of Offense of Female felons, and Male felons in Sing Sing and ..."
3. Historical Records of New South Wales by Frank Murcott Bladen (1892)
"of felons and other offenders and to authorise the removal of prisoners in certain
cases and for other purposes therein mentioned 8 Nov. ili.flaring and ..."
4. Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (1818)
"ON SENDING felons TO AMERICA. SIR, We may all remember the time when our mother
... The felons she planted among us have produced such an amazing increase, ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Roland Lomax Vaughan Williams, Joseph Fitz Randolph, William Talcott (1895)
"Formerly traitors and felons were from their criminal conduct incapable of making
... 23, it would seem to follow that traitors and felons are no longer ..."
6. The Reports of the Most Learned Sir Edmund Saunders, Knt: Of Several by Edmund Saunders, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, John Williams (1845)
"... nor have apprehended the bodies Inhabitants Of the aforesaid felons and
offenders, nor the body of any one Of them, nor have hitherto answered for the ..."
7. The Writings of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (1906)
"ON SENDING felons TO AMERICA1 (L. c.) FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE SIR, We may
all remember the Time when our Mother Country, as a Mark of her parental ..."
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