hard labour

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hard labour

the penalty of compulsory physical labour imposed in addition to a sentence of imprisonment: abolished in England in 1948.

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Refusing to undertake any military duties, he was court-martialled again and given another two-year sentence with hard labour.

Playing the pipes of peace, the town that rejected World War I

Owen Cohen was given 18 months of hard labour |for having sex with a girl under the age of 13 in April 1904

Haunting mugshots of city's thieves, bigamists and murderers

Such was the fate of 13-year-old errand boy Clement Doyle who was handed 14 days' hard labour for stealing clothes in 1873.

Hard times behind bars

The sickly 42-year-old was arrested in November 2012 and later sentenced to 15 years' hard labour.

North Korea releases two Americans held for more than two years

He visits the record office in Bristol to find out that stealing a knife and some coins got Philip banged up for six months, with hard labour.

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The Sidi Gaber Misdemeanour Court sentenced 134 defendants to three years' hard labour and an EGP 50,000 fine.

Misdemeanour courts send 220 to prison for separate incidents in Alexandria

Kenneth Bae, arrested in November 2012 on charges of trying to overthrow the state, was sentenced to 15 years' hard labour in May.

North Korea moves imprisoned American citizen Kenneth Bae back to labour camp

Kenneth Bae, a 45-year-old tour operator and Christian missionary, was arrested in November and sentenced to 15 years' hard labour for (http://www.

Detained US Missionary Kenneth Bae Loses 22kg in Labour Camp

But this does not detract from the hard labour that makes up the core gameplay.

Pokey and not the best catch; GAMES

Many had served hard labour in adult jails before being sent to Saltley.

Harrowing look at life in tough 'school' on sale

Seventy years ago, headlines read 'Hard labour for being absent from work' - a sentence of two months hard labour was passed on George Salter from Russell Street, Middlesbrough who admitted three charges of being absent from essential work without reasonable cause.

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JALALABAD (PAN): Nearly 1,900 children are engaged in hard labour in the border town of Torkham in eastern Nangarhar province, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) said on Saturday.