On regaining his humble lodgings the stranger lost no time in repairing to the abode of the mayor, Mr Hardiman Burke we think, an active, intelligent magistrate, to whom he accused Hughes, or M’Cann as his real name was, of having perpetrated a murder in the county of Down, eighteen years previously.
— from The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 47, May 22, 1841 by Various

No other such case, with the partial exception of that of Nicotiana, occurred in my experiments, carried on during eleven years.
— from The Effects of Cross & Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin

In the case of disputed elections you shall have the right to decide between the parties, after consulting with the archbishop of the province and his fellow-bishops.
— from A Source Book for Mediæval History Selected Documents illustrating the History of Europe in the Middle Age by Oliver J. (Oliver Joseph) Thatcher

(Photostatic copy of document entitled "Youth House Psychiatrist's Report" marked "Exhibit 1.")
— from Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

The writer has only known of two deaths of children caused by eating the beans in the green pods, but it is said to be a frequent cause of death every year on the Continent, where, possibly, children are less naturally careful about poisonous plants than those in England, to whom risks of this kind are usually and properly made part of the "black list" of the nursery-book of "Don'ts."
— from The Naturalist on the Thames by C. J. (Charles John) Cornish

I now see, my dear Pepusch, that, in regard to Dörtje Elverdink, I have not acted rightly, although in a very different way from what you may well imagine--that is, I was right in pronouncing your suit to be an idle struggle,--wrong, in not being open with you, in not telling you the real circumstances of Dörtje Elverdink; you would then have seen how praiseworthy it was to talk you out of wishes, the accomplishment of which could not be other than destructive.
— from Specimens of German Romance; Vol. II. Master Flea by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann

You must away with me instantly to my poor chambers here, hard by, and undergo some little change of dress, ere you take sanctuary; for else you will have the whole rascal rout of the Friars about you, like cro
— from The Fortunes of Nigel by Walter Scott

It was a case of deciding either yes or no.
— from The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man by George Randolph Chester