Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(UK Und.) to sentence.

1811		Lex. Balatronicum n.p.: The cove was fined in the steel for pear making; the fellow was imprisoned in the house of correction for taking bounties from different regiments.
1812		Vaux Vocab. of the Flash Lang. in McLachlan (1964) 275: A thief, convicted on the police act, of having illegal instruments or weapons about him, is said to be fined for the tools.