Sentence examples for imprisoned for debt from inspiring English sources

In 1580 he was imprisoned for debt.

(When his pious and reproving brother visits, we learn that Matthew was once imprisoned for debt).

After 1800 he became involved in unfortunate land speculation and was twice imprisoned for debt.

Again, the family starved, and the father was imprisoned for debt; he was also so sick that he nearly died.

Throughout his life he had financial difficulties, and he was imprisoned for debt for a short period in 1617.

From 1794 to 1795, he was imprisoned for debt, first at Horsham, Sussex, and then in the King's Bench Prison, Southwark.

It was completed while Smart was imprisoned for outstanding debt at the King's Bench Prison, and the work is his final exploration of religion.

"But the reader must know you have been imprisoned for your debts in the past".

Reform slowly won the day: the establishment of the Society for the Discharge and Relief of Persons Imprisoned for Small Debts in 1773 hugely improved the situation, ensuring that charity reached its proper destination: a majority of prisoners now left after a short stay.

Soon afterward, her father was imprisoned for defaulting on a debt.

Debt collection agencies have long been a target of consumer protection agencies, which accuse collectors of abusive practices like repeatedly engaging consumers or threatening to have them imprisoned for failure to pay debts.