We're convicted by bein' poor, by bein' born poor an' dying poor, aren't we now?
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
Now he will return and find this man in jail, and will bend every effort, and give all his thought toward getting him convicted.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
During this speech I remained petrified, and my heart beat so violently that I could not utter a word; but when she stopped and cast a severe look at me, the convicted sinner, I rallied all my remaining spirit and answered that I thanked her for her solicitude, and did not at all doubt her good intentions, but that I did not think I had committed any impropriety-still less had gone astray-that I did not believe my reputation to be in any danger.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse