First Class Misdemeanant
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In English law, one convicted of misdemeanor who is designated by the judge to be treated with special favor. Such designation is in the discretion of the judge. 28 & 29 Vict. c. 126, § 67.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Under the Prisons Act (28 & 29 Viet. c. 126, s. 67) prisoners in the county, city, and borough prisons convicted of misdemeanor and not sentenced to hard labor, are divided into two classes, one of which is called the first division; and it is in the discretion of the court to order that such a prisoner be treated as a misdemeanant of the first division, usually called “first-class misdemeanant,” and as such not to be deemed a criminal prisoner, i. e. a prisoner convicted of a crime.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In English law. Under the prisons act (28 & 29 Viet. c. 126, § 67) prisoners in the county, city, and borough prisons convicted of misdemeanor, and not sentenced to hard labor, are divided into two classes, one of which is calied the "first division;" and it is in the discretion of the court to order that such a prisoner be treated as a misdemeanant of the first division, usually called "first-class misdemeanant," and as such not to be deemed a criminal prisoner, i. e., a prisoner convicted of a crime. Bouvier.
Defined under First-Class in Black's Law Dictionary.