Refusing to pay tax to Gudfred, Halfdan swore his allegiance to Charlemagne in 807 to get his protection.

Refusing to pay homage to the French king he was subsequently beheaded in Poitiers on 12 July 1453.

Refusing to pay or fight him, Bugsy kidnaps Ace's love interest Colleen.

Refusing to pay tribute, Erdvilas gathered a large army and defeated the Tatars on the banks of the Dnieper River.

Refusing any plea deal, after a mistrial and a reversal on appeal, O ' Hara was convicted of a felony in July 1999, sentenced to five years probation, an $ 20, 000 fine, and 1, 500 hours of community service picking up garbage.

" Refusing to give a literal reading to the state-granted charter of the Southern Pacific Railroad, which specified that the company could " collect and receive such tariffs ... as it may prescribe, Hughes contended that this clause " necessarily implies that the charges shall be reasonable and does not detract from the power of the State ... to prescribe reasonable rates.

Refusing to admit his guilt, Peacham was tortured on the rack, but " before torture, between torture and after torture ; nothing could be drawn from him ".

Refusing to return to Moron Mountain to endure humiliation from their former boss, the Nerdlucks decide to stay with the Looney Tunes who only agree to let them if they can prove to be " looney ".

Refusing to apologise he walked out of his high school and obtained a job as a bank clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce where he worked from 1913 to 1917 eventually becoming an accountant at the bank's Winnipeg branch.

Refusing to do either, he was dismissed from his chieftainship.

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Refusing to train publicly at the Chicago Athletic Club in spite of arrangements having been made for him to do so, he was barred from the club and spent his time either in his hotel room or taking long morning and evening walks along Lake Michigan.

Refusing on principle to stand for reelection in 1823, he served until 1824 when he retired from public life.

Refusing the initial appeal of Jewish organizations for Allied countries to deliver food and medicine to the ghettos of Europe, the British and U. S. governments argued that supplies would be diverted for the Germans ' personal use or would be granted to the Jews just to free the Third Reich from its " responsibility " to feed them.

Refusing to keep his team idle, owner-coach Gottlieb, the consummate basketball entrepreneur, promoted a series of exhibition games against leading pro teams from New York's Metropolitan League and the new ABL, then in its first year of operation.

Refusing to be silenced, Bainimarama issued a further statement from Australia on 8 December 2004, condemning the inclusion in the government of persons implicated in the 2000 coup, saying that their presence justified his earlier criticism of the Fiji Week reconciliation ceremonies.

Refusing to take the agrégation in Mathematics, he prefers to do research in applied mathematics and receives his doctorate from the University of Pierre and Marie Curie in 1979.

Refusing to run for Congress again in 1816, Yancey instead ran for the North Carolina Senate and served there for ten years, from 1817 to 1827 ; he served as Speaker of the North Carolina Senate for his entire tenure in the legislature.

Refusing to submit a plea or to defend himself, he declared that had he not personally kept the legions on the Rhine from avenging the murder of Germanicus, Tiberius would have lost his position as Princeps.

Refusing to take the oaths of allegiance to an uncovenanted ruler, or to exercise any civil function, they passed through a period of trial and found some difficulty in maintaining a regular ministry, but in 1706 they were reinforced by some converts from the established church.

Refusing to give way, or to accept orders from Glencairn, Lorne now left him with his men, and for a while there was fear of an encounter, as a stream alone separated them.

Refusing to obey certain orders, he came close to being court-martialed, but influence from his friend, Col. T. R. R.

Refusing to let Earth be destroyed, Jado went to Earth to obtain the Mad Stone, taking over the body of, an old friend of Ryouko from her college who died on his way to Tokyo after returning from Africa.

Refusing to eat, Agrippina was force-fed but later starved herself to death.

Refusing the title of a king, Mirwais was called " Prince of Qandahár and General of the national troops " by his Afghan countrymen.

Refusing to risk everything in a major battle, Philip retreated, only to have his rear guard caught at Fréteval on 3 July which turned into a general encounter during which Philip only managed to avoid capture, as his army was put to flight.

Refusing to form a ministry to replace the one he had overthrown, he supported the Right in keeping Freycinet in power in 1886, and was responsible for the inclusion of General Boulanger in the Freycinet cabinet as War Minister.

Refusing to respond to Delcassé's technical questions, Clemenceau resigned after his proposal for the order of the day vote was rejected.

Refusing to wear a blindfold, he was taken before a firing squad of Civil Guards and, as they fired, he cried ' Per Catalunya!

Refusing to take the advice of the British officers on board to don one of their uniforms and pretend to be one of them, he was captured.

Refusing to give a bond for his good behaviour, he was sentenced to imprisonment during the king's pleasure, and was kept in confinement in various prisons for eleven years.

Refusing Adams's request that he remain at the Treasury, Crawford then returned to Georgia, where he was appointed as a state superior court judge.

Refusing an operation, he was prompted to intently explore and develop self-rehabilitation and awareness techniques through self-observation which later evolved into the method.

Refusing to participate in the Vichy government, he resigned and was arrested in June 1940 by Philippe Petain's administration.

Refusing to wear a blindfold, he was taken before a firing squad of Civil Guards and, as they fired, he cried ' Per Catalunya!

Refusing to retreat in the face of superior forces, Arundel was shot in the foot and captured.

Refusing to retract, he was banished.

Refusing to take the only horse Zhao Yun had, which was sorely needed to break out of the enemy ranks, Lady Mi leapt into a dried well and killed herself.

Refusing to do so, Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in public at Chandni Chowk on 24 November 1675.

Refusing medical attention twice, she returned to her hotel room and about three hours later was taken to a local hospital in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts after complaining of a headache.

Refusing medical attention twice, she returned to her hotel room and about three hours later was taken to a local hospital in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts after complaining of a headache.

Refusing, he was subsequently fired, and wrote in a later Durham Independent article that he was fired " for refusing to have my column vetted by the classified advertising department.

Refusing the baronetcy twice offered him by Queen Victoria, he was elected as an Academician to the Royal Academy in 1867 and accepted the Order of Merit in 1902, in his own words on behalf of all English artists.