 | Richard Hildreth - 1852 - 272 strani
...him guilty of the murder of the overseer, after which he was asked, with a sort of mock solemnity, if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. "Go on." said the indignant culprit ; " hang me. kill me, do your will ! I was held a slave for the... | |
 | Richard Hildreth - 1852 - 334 strani
...him guilty of the murder of the overseer, after which he was asked, with a sort of mock solemnity, if he had anything to say why sentence of death, should not be passed upon him. "Go on," said the indignant culprit; "hang me, kill me, do your will. I was held a slave for the best... | |
 | Richard Hildreth - 1852 - 336 strani
...guilty of the murder of the overseer, after which he was asked, with a sort of mock solemnity, if lie had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. "Go on," said the indignant culprit; "hang me, kill me, do your will. I was held a slave for the best... | |
 | Grace Aguilar - 1852 - 636 strani
...natural emotion, and remained collected as before. He was silent till the usual question was asked, "if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced upon him ?" and then he made a step forward, looked boldly and sternly around him, and spoke,... | |
 | William Jerdan - 1852 - 396 strani
...sufficiently recovered to receive the sentence of the Court, and was called upon in the usual form to say " Why Sentence of Death should not be passed upon him according to Law ? " He began by apologising for the interruption he had given to the business of the... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1853 - 466 strani
...of Lord Chief Justice Abbot, who was suddenly taken ill, a man capitally convicted, being asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, exclaimed, " Yes; I have been tried before a Journeyman Judge." first introduced into the House of... | |
 | 1853 - 858 strani
...utmost firmness and composure, seemed startled but not appalled by the verdict; and on being asked, Whether he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced against bim? addressed the Court in a perfectly calm and collected voice, and at considerable... | |
 | William Wells Brown - 1853 - 296 strani
...high treason, and sentenced to be hanged within ten days of that time. The judge asked the slave if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed on him. George stood for a moment in silence, and then said, "As I cannot speak as I should wish, I... | |
 | William Knighton - 1854 - 442 strani
...putting the question much in tlie same tone as the judge who asks the prisoner at the bar, whether he has anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. " I don't know whether he ever said it or not," replied Massey, " I never asked him any questions about... | |
 | Edward Baines - 1855 - 620 strani
...proved against him by a chain of clear and incomestible evidence. On being asked if he had any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, he addressed the court in a speech which occupied about twenty minutes in the delivery, in which he... | |
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The noise subsided, and he was asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. 
