on trial

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on trial

being judged in a court of law. He was on trial for burglary.

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When he recovered from the attack he was at once brought up on trial for murder. The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context "Well, yes, pretty well," replied D'Artagnan; "and besides, you see, if they put us on trial, if they cut off our heads, they must meanwhile either keep us here or transfer us elsewhere. Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context As is the custom upon Barsoom there were thirty-one, supposedly selected by lot from men of the noble class, for nobles were on trial. The Gods of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context More results

References in classic literature

When he recovered from the attack he was at once brought up on trial for murder.

The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

"Well, yes, pretty well," replied D'Artagnan; "and besides, you see, if they put us on trial, if they cut off our heads, they must meanwhile either keep us here or transfer us elsewhere.

Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

As is the custom upon Barsoom there were thirty-one, supposedly selected by lot from men of the noble class, for nobles were on trial.

The Gods of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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