prefer charges against
Example Sentences
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I told Gen. Butler I would have to prefer charges against him if he neglected his duty in that way.
From Time Magazine Archive
If these parties believe my conduct culpable, is it not their plain duty to prefer charges against me and bring me before a court martial?
From History of Morgan's Cavalry by Duke, Basil Wilson
I will prefer charges against him in the morning.”
From Louisiana Lou A Western Story by Winter, William West
It is a shame, and if some one of my superiors will not prefer charges against the General and his Adjutant, I will.
From Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac by Armstrong, William H.
"Therefore, in the face of fighting against orders, and sustaining such losses to his own immediate command, I felt it my duty, sir, to prefer charges against Ensign Darrin."
From Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
