prefer charges against

Example Sentences

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I told Gen. Butler I would have to prefer charges against him if he neglected his duty in that way.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is the only reason why I did not prefer charges against you before the ship sailed.

From Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck by Optic, Oliver

He revealed the fact that the members of the court had already bound themselves in honor to prefer charges against General Arnold in order that the powerful Commonwealth of Pennsylvania might be placated.

From The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution by Barrett, James Francis

I might add that I understood General Potter was very angry, as he needed his wagons to bring commissary stores for his troops, and proposed to prefer charges against me for unwarrantably taking them.

From Civil War Experiences under Bayard, Gregg, Kilpatrick, Custer, Raulston, and Newberry, 1862, 1863, 1864 by Meyer, Henry C. (Henry Coddington)

"Therefore, in the face of fighting against orders, and sustaining such losses to his own immediate command, I felt it my duty, sir, to prefer charges against Ensign Darrin."

From Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)