Sentence examples similar to plea of ill from inspiring English sources

Formby lost the case: his plea of ill-health was compromised by his accepting an engagement elsewhere at the same time.

Italy's supreme court rejected a plea from his lawyers to release him on the grounds of ill health.

Written on it was a plea from a Roman called Silvianus, asking Nodens, the god of the Lydney temple, to return a ring, stolen by Senicianus, and placing a curse of ill health on the thief.

There were signs of ill health.

None of the defendants entered a plea, one became ill, and the court adjourned the trial to Jan . 23

Similarly, an inadmissible confession preceding a plea of guilty would taint the plea.

A11 World Briefing A11 NATIONAL A16-20 JudGuidesdes 9/11 Suspect Away From Ill-Advised Plea Zacarias Moussaoui, accused by the government of intending to be the 20th hijacker on Sept. 11, entered a plea of no contest, but the federal judge rejected it, saying it was tantamount to pleading guilty in a case involving the death penalty.

In the federal courts "a simple plea of not guilty..

It's not a plea of guilt.

He entered a plea of not guilty.

"The not-guilty plea of Andal Ampatuan Sr. is expected.