Example sentences of "person [be] guilty of " in BNC.

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1 See Stewart v. Dunphy , 1980 S.L.T. ( Notes ) 93 in which it was decided such persons were guilty of an offence .
2 As long ago as Plato it was believed , ‘ if a person be guilty of impiety let him be punished with death . ’
3 S 1(1) provides that ‘ a person is guilty of an offence if — ( a ) he causes a computer to perform any function to secure access to any program or data held in any computer ; ( b ) the access he intends to secure is unauthorised ; and ( c ) he knows at the time when he causes the computer to perform the function that that is the case ’ .
4 The mental element or mens rea by the offender for this point is as follows : Section 6(3) provides that a person is guilty of an offence under Section 4 only if he intends his words or behaviour , or the writing , sign or other visible representation , to be threatening , abusive or insulting , or is aware that it may be threatening , abusive or insulting .
5 The mental element or mens rea for this offence is explained in Section 6(4) of the 1986 Act , viz : A person is guilty of an offence under section 5 only if he intends his words or behaviour , or the writing , sign or other visible representation , to be threatening , abusive or insulting , or is aware that it may be threatening , abusive or insulting or ( as the case may be ) he intends his behaviour to be or is aware that it may be disorderly .
6 This is intended to penalise fighting in that " a person is guilty of affray if he uses or threatens violence towards another and his conduct is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety . "
7 " A person is guilty of an offence it he ( a ) uses towards another person , threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or ( b ) distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign … which is threatening , abusive or insulting … with intent to cause another to believe that immediate violence will be used … or to provoke ( such ) violence .
8 Under section 6(3) a person is guilty of an offence under section 4 only if he intends his words , behaviour or writing , etc. , to be threatening , abusive or insulting or is aware that it may be threatening , abusive or insulting .
9 A person is guilty of an offence if he ( a ) uses threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or disorderly behaviour , or ( b ) displays any writing sign or visible representation which is threatening , abusive or insulting , within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment alarm or distress thereby ( see D. P. P. v. Drum ( H.C. , 1988 ) ) .
10 ‘ A person is guilty of an offence if — ( a ) he causes a computer to perform any function with intent to secure access to any program or data held in any computer ; ( b ) the access he intends to secure is unauthorised ; and ( c ) he knows at the time when he causes the computer to perform the function that that is the case .
11 ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of an offence under this section if he commits an offence under section 1 above ( ‘ the unauthorised access offence ’ ) with intent — ( a ) to commit an offence to which this section applies ; or ( b ) to facilitate the commission of such an offence ( whether by himself or by another person ) ; and the offence he intends to commit or facilitate is referred to below in this section as the further offence .
12 ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of an offence if — ( a ) he does any act which causes an unauthorised modification of the contents of any computer ; and ( b ) at the time when he does the act he has the requisite intent and the requisite knowledge .
13 As to section 39(11) Mr. Langley relied on the decision of the Court of Appeal ( Dillon and Ralph Gibson L.JJ. ) in Bank of England v. Riley [ 1992 ] 2 W.L.R. 840 where the question was whether the defendant was entitled to refuse to answer interrogatories or disclose documents in reliance upon the privilege against self-incrimination , or whether that privilege was excluded by section 42 of the Act which entitles the Bank of England , inter alia , to require a person to attend and answer questions where the Bank has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person is guilty of contravening various sections of the Act .
14 ‘ 1(1) A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly . ’
15 Section 1(1) reads as follows : ‘ A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly . ’
16 ‘ A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly .
17 ‘ 1(1) A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly .
18 Accordingly clause 1(1) of the draft Bill provides that : ‘ A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief , ’ ‘ steals ’ and ‘ stolen ’ shall be construed accordingly . ’
19 ‘ A person is guilty of robbery if he steals , and immediately before or at the time of doing so , and in order to do so , he uses force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force .
20 ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of affray if he uses or threatens unlawful violence towards another and his conduct is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety . ’
21 ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of an offence if he — ( a ) uses towards another person threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or ( b ) distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation which is threatening , abusive or insulting , with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence will be used against him or another by any person , or to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another , or whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’
22 ‘ A person is guilty of an offence under section 4 only if he intends his words or behaviour , or the writing , sign or other visible representation , to be threatening , abusive or insulting , or is aware that it may be threatening , abusive or insulting . ’
23 ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of an offence if he — ( a ) uses threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or disorderly behaviour , or ( b ) displays any writing , sign or other visible representation which is threatening , abusive or insulting , within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment , alarm or distress thereby . ’
24 ‘ A person is guilty of an offence under section 5 only if he intends his words or behaviour , or the writing , sign or other visible representation , to be threatening , abusive or insulting , or is aware that it may be threatening , abusive or insulting or ( as the case may be ) he intends his behaviour to be or is aware that it may be disorderly . ’
25 ‘ 520b. ( 1 ) A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree if he or she engages in sexual penetration with another person and if any of the following circumstances exists : ( a ) That other person is under 13 years of age .
26 520c. ( 1 ) A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the second degree if the person engages in sexual contact with another person and if any of the following circumstances exists : ( a ) That other person is under 13 years of age .
27 520d. ( 1 ) A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree if the person engages in sexual penetration with another person and if any of the following circumstances exists : ( a ) That other person is at least 13 years of age and under 16 years of age .
28 520e. ( 1 ) A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree if he or she engages in sexual contact with another person and if either of the following circumstances exists : ( a ) Force or coercion is used to accomplish the sexual contact .
29 Paragraph 610 of the Bar code provides , first : ’ Counsel must not make statements or ask questions which are merely scandalous or intended or calculated only to vilify insult or annoy either a witness or some other person ; counsel must if possible avoid the naming in open Court of third parties whose characters would thereby be impugned ; counsel must not suggest that a witness or other person is guilty of crime , fraud or misconduct or attribute to another person the crime or conduct of which his lay client is accused ’
30 By s.8(1) of the Theft Act 1968 : [ a ] person is guilty of robbery if he steals , and immediately before or at the time of doing so , and in order to do so , he uses any force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force .
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