31. At the time of the burglary attempt and Miles's death, murder was a capital offence in England and Wales. 32. Furthermore, obeying the commands of a general who did not legally possess " imperium " was a capital offence . 33. Following the battle, Tryon ordered the execution of seven alleged Regulators, convicted by Judge capital offence by the General Assembly. 34. As this was a capital offence , he was sentenced to death although this was subsequently commuted to transportation for life. 35. In 1275, coin clipping was made a capital offence , and in 1278, raids on suspected coin clippers were carried out. 36. In 1727, Hitchen was accused of sodomitical practices, and tried for sodomy ( a capital offence ) and attempted sodomy. 37. Ten days later Law No . 49 was passed, making membership of the Muslim Brotherhood a capital offence punishable by death. 38. He is also acting in an insulting and derogatory way and seems to think that spelling errors are a capital offence . 39. When the Kam family is convicted of a capital offence , she divorces Kam Tuo Luk to secretly save the Kam family. 40. Ironically, none of the charges were murder; he was sentenced to death solely for the possession of firearms, a capital offence .