Some, such as incendiarism, were already felonies, whilst other offences were newly proscribed.
After a time, the police found out his disdainful plottings and felonies.
Consider, for example, the police practice of using deadly force against a suspect fleeing from the commission of a felony.
Mistakenly convicting someone of a felony in those times extracted a very high price.
Because the focus of this study was on violent offending, non-violent crimes have been classified under the broader categories of 'non-violent felony' and 'misdemeanour'.
Mainly this dealt with what they believed to be the excessive severity of parts of the bill, which created a whole host of new felonies.
Simple felonies were generally punished by transportation of seven years or a short prison term.
It was disallowed because compensation was only allowable if a felony had occurred.
