put to the question

Example Sentences

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So that the ghost-seer, though he had nearly occasioned the defendant to be put to the question, profited in the end nothing by his motion.

From Trial of Duncan Terig, alias Clerk, and Alexander Bane Macdonald for the Murder of Arthur Davis, Sergeant in General Guise's Regiment of Foot by Scott, Walter, Sir

Sir John Eliot moved that it be put to the question, “because they that would have it, do urge us to that point.”

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac

Just because being found intolerable it was faced and put to the question.

From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney

Twenty-four hours after the accused has been put to the question, he shall be asked if he persists in his declarations, and if he will ratify them.

From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Llorente, Juan Antonio

And be this one of the morals of my tedious discussion—'Let the little rogues who would not be put to the question, as I may call it, choose accordingly.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 by Richardson, Samuel