Prison, for a first-class Misdemeanant, as I should most probably be termed, is perfectly endurable."
"Thelma"
Marie Corelli
He was, I understand, at one time a firstclass Misdemeanant in Glencree reformatory.
"Ulysses"
James Joyce
And it was done, the transformation accomplished; his inability to refrain from interfering had encompassed his downfall, had changed a peaceable and law-abiding alien within British shores into a busybody, a trespasser, a Misdemeanant, a-yes, for all he knew to the contrary, in the estimation of the Law, a burglar, prime candidate for a convict's stripes!
"The Black Bag"
Louis Joseph Vance