Posted by Pam Adams on February 14, 2008 at 01:54:12 from 134.71.192.172 user PamAdams.
In Reply to: "lay an information" posted by Ed Kiser on February 13, 2008 at 15:58:56:
Ed,
I don't remember seeing it elsewhere- possibly because the children wouldn't use such a phrase to Sammy the policeman. Perhaps it appears in BS, which is the other book dealing with lawbreaking.
I think I've only run across it in British mysteries; it's seems to be a Britishism for 'file a complaint.'
pam