Example sentences of "convict of [adj] assault " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Court of Appeal yesterday quashed a suspended sentence received by a man convicted of indecent assault and incest with his 15-year-old daughter , despite submissions by the Attorney-General , Sir Patrick Mayhew , QC , that the sentence was too lenient . |
| 2 | There will normally be a hostile touching but in the case of R v Rolfe ( 1952 ) 36 Cr App R 4 a man was convicted of indecent assault without touching the victim . |
| 3 | A DOCTOR who treated three woman for backache by fondling them was convicted of indecent assault yesterday . |
| 4 | If the accused is charged with s.47 , he can not be convicted of common assault : Mearns ( 1990 ) 91 Cr App R 312 ( CA ) and Savage ( HL ) . |
| 5 | Francis Power Cobbe 's pamphlet of 1878 , Wife Torture , which was basically concerned with crimes of violence in working-class districts , especially in cases of men against their wives , was a major influence leading to the drafting of the Matrimonial Causes Act of 1878 , which gave magistrates powers to grant separation orders and maintenance to a wife whose husband was convicted of aggravated assault , plus custody of children under ten . |