 | Cyrus Jay - 1859 - 600 strani
...the hat, the evidence of the hatter, and his absence from his situation. Upon being asked what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, he most solemnly protested his innocence, declaring that he was not the man who committed the deed.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1860 - 900 strani
...prisoner. The jury, after a deliberation of twenty minutes, found a verdict of Guilty. When asked, in the usual form, whether he had anything to say...why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, the prisoner, who appeared thunderstruck at the verdict, but speedily recovered his self-possession,... | |
 | Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1860 - 416 strani
...and called no witnesses in his defence ; but upon being asked by the judge, in the usual form, " if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him ?" he made in substance the following extraordinary speech : — " My lord, it is evident all I could... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1887 - 720 strani
...your crimes. You have had a fair and open trial by court>martial, such as our law directs. Have you anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon you in accordance with the judgment ? ' Old Silas looked up with flashing eyes, and shook back his... | |
 | 1860 - 806 strani
...but was recommended to mercy on account of his extreme youth. He was then asked if he had anytliing to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. When ho replied, " My lord judge, and gentlemen of the jury, I can truly say that I am perfectly innocent... | |
 | Peter Burke - 1861 - 426 strani
...convicted, the Eecorder of London had him called upon by name, in the usual manner, to know what he had to say, why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. His address to the bench showed his fixed determination to die. He spoke thus : — " My Lord, I am... | |
 | C. G. Rowe - 1862 - 134 strani
...the prisoner, or whether he thought there was no chance left, one does not know ; but when asked if he had anything to say, why sentence of death should not be passed, he was silent. Now, however, that the sentence, amidst a profound death-like silence, was being pronounced.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1862 - 910 strani
...to mercy on the ground that his deed was not premeditated. When the prisoner was asked what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, he merely answered, " I am innocent." He was sentenced to death, and would probably havebeen executed,... | |
 | Eliza Wigham - 1863 - 188 strani
...death was pronounced on the 31st of October, to take effect on the 2nd of December. On being asked whether he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced upon him, he immediately rose from his mattress, and, in a clear, distinct voice, said,... | |
 | 1863 - 532 strani
...Brummel tie, is the speech of the Lord Grey of Wilton, who was tried with Kaleigh in 1603. When asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced, these were his words : " I have nothing to say ; " there he paused long ; " and yet a word... | |
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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. 
