 | 1804 - 508 páginas
...in Thomas-street.—• When this unfortunate young man was called upon .to know if he had any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, he addressed the court and jury nearly in the following terms: " I am asked if I have any thing to say... | |
 | Hewson Clarke - 1815 - 622 páginas
...situation was calculated to produce. Silence being proclaimed in the ordinary mode, The prisoner was asked what he had to say, why sentence of death should not be imnmiediately passed upon him ? To this interrogatory he made no reply. The RECORDER proceeded to pass... | |
 | 1815 - 706 páginas
...thedesk in Thomasstreet.—When this unfortunate young man \vas called upon to know if he had any tiling to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, he addressed the court and jury nearly in the following terms : " I am asked if I have any tiling to say... | |
 | Charles Phillips - 1820 - 296 páginas
...clothes in the court-house. Emmett remained perfectly silent until asked by the court, in the usual form, what he had to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced on him according to law. The following is his speech upon that occasion:— Mr. EMMETT.... | |
 | 1820 - 736 páginas
...Tiie pri•oners were then placed at the bar, and called in order by Mr. Shelton to urge what they had to say, why sentence of death should not be passed upon them. After each of the prisoners had severally addressed the Court, the Lord Chief Justice Abbott... | |
 | Arthur Thistlewood - 1820 - 74 páginas
...written,in his hand. These he began to read, but with some trcmour: saying—that he «as asked, what he hod to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him? This was but a mockery, for, if he had the eloquence of Cicero, he was conscious that it would avail... | |
 | 1821 - 682 páginas
...milict of " guilty," but recommended the soner to mercy. On being interrogated in the usual manner what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, the prisoner urged nothing, and the Chief Justice proceeded to pass sentence in the following impressive... | |
 | John James M'Gregor - 1821 - 466 páginas
...of September, and convicted on the clearest testimony. When called upon to know if he had any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, he addressed the Court and Jury in the most eloquent language: He denied that he was an emissary of France,... | |
 | Daniel Neal - 1822 - 522 páginas
...death should not be passed upon him. In a manner very expressive of pious submission and fortitude, he answered : " That he had not much to say, only two or three scriptures he would leave with them." The first scripture was Jer. xxvi. 14, 15. " As for me, do as seemeth good unto you. But know ye for... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1822 - 950 páginas
...half-past 5, a verdict of Guilty. When the clerk, in usual form, addressed the prisoner beforesentence, and asked what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed on him according to law, he deliberately dropped on his knees till the gaoler directed him to rise.... | |
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asked what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, he answered, that he had not much to say, only two or three scriptures he would leave with them. 
