horsestealing

The Irishman when he was going to be tried for horsestealing observed as he enterd the court 'Now here they are going to make a Hundred words about this D — — d Old Horse.'

Letter 98 2009

Lowara had been good at horsestealing; now only the Horseclans could better them at it.

Fiddler Fair Lackey, Mercedes 1998

In particularly ugly moods he thought that if Harry Conroy were caught and convicted of horsestealing, Jessie must perforce admit his guilt and general unworthiness -- Rowdy called it general cussedness -- and Rowdy be vindicated in her eyes.

Rowdy of the Cross L B. M. Bower 1905

When I used to practice law before my distinguished judicial friend, whom I recognize in the crowd before me, if a man was charged with horsestealing, and the proof showed that he went by one name in Stephenson County, another in Sangamon, a third in Monroe, and a fourth in Randolph, we thought that the fact of his changing his name so often to avoid detection was pretty strong evidence of his guilt.

Fourth Joint Debate at Charleston. Senator Douglas's Speech 1897

Randolph for horsestealing, Joseph Turner, otherwise called Josiah Blankenship for burglary, and John Highwarden for grand larceny, being under sentence of death by the judgment of the court yesterday passed against them for their said offence: It is awarded that execution of the said sentence, be severally made and done upon them the said John Lowry, John Reizen,

Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry 1817

He who begins with robbing orchards, rabbit-warrens, and fish-ponds, will probably end with horsestealing, or highway robbery.

Stories for the Young Or, Cheap Repository Tracts: Entertaining, Moral, and Religious. Vol. VI. Hannah More 1789

This is nothing more than "appropriateness": in other words, when you are at the embassy, murmuring "Good evening, Mr. Ambassador" when you move down the receiving line, you don't follow the greeting, in the same tone of voice and with a smile on your face, with "Your fly is open" or "My grandfather was hanged for horsestealing."

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 4 1977

Joseph Turner, alias Josiah Blankenship, from Albemarle, for burglary; and James Randolph, from Culpeper, for horsestealing. "

Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry 1817