In Thomaston, there is no such thing as a minor offense.
Why had he been convicted of only so minor an offense?
Shunning, at least, though that was only for minor offenses.
Death was the most common punishment, including for minor offenses.
Besides his private law practice, he became a police magistrate for minor offenses in 1852.
He ran through the various minor offenses he'd committed in the past few months.
He added that the number of people who received long sentences for relatively minor offenses were "few and far between."
Many of them, perhaps the majority, committed minor offenses, if any.
You don't understand the situation at all, Mary; this isn't any minor social offense.
He served six months in jail for a minor offense quite a number of years ago.