Sentence examples for robbery upon from inspiring English sources

As these quotes suggest, the impact of phone theft and robbery upon society is widespread, and the cost is enormous and ongoing.

After reviewing the history of foreign (primarily English) law, Justice Story declared: "We have, therefore, no hesitation in declaring, that piracy, by the law of nations, is robbery upon the sea, and that it is sufficiently and constitutionally defined by the fifth section of the act of 1819".

Meanwhile, according to the New York Post, a Queens Museum curator has offered to screen Gibbons' bank robbery film upon his release (a formal sentencing is due to occur July 13th).

In fact, on Monday night the same Borough Park shomrim patrol helped foil an armed bank robbery and was fired upon before helping to track down the robber.

In the 1991 film "Regarding Henry, Harrison Fordd plays a total sleazoid who survives being shot in the head after he stumbles upon a store robbery.

He played three bit roles in Edison's pivotal, hugely popular 1903 western "The Great Train Robbery," an experience he drew upon when he founded his own company, Essanay, in 1907.

We are transported rapidly to present-day London, where the same Blaylock, now a no-nonsense Tory home secretary, happens upon an attempted robbery and, before he knows it, has lamped the perpetrator.

Several years in a Texas prison for robbery forced a hiatus, but upon release, Williams returned to counterfeiting.

"Mr. Lake has fully served the sentence imposed upon him for his robbery conviction," Mr. Spitzer said in a statement.

Ms. Palm asked Mr. Simpson repeatedly if he had been drinking before the robbery, one of the many grounds upon which Mr. Simpson is seeking a new trial.

Unlike many of the emails I constantly receive, this was highly relevant to me, especially because, upon further inspection, the robbery had happened one block from my house.