| John Jay Smith - Criminal law - 1836 - 620 pages
...accordingly brought into court (about half-past eleven o'clock), and was asked if he had any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. Mr. M'Dowell then rose and said that the counsel had nothing further to say, hut that the prisoner... | |
| Robert Southey - Great Britain - 1837 - 606 pages
...an old faithful servant, whom he so much esteemed. This pardon he produced, when he was called upon to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. It was read in both Houses, but as he expected, they, in their usurped and tyrannical authority, affirmed... | |
| Statesmen - 1838 - 434 pages
...lives, if 1 had them, well ipeut in sucb ice." he was called upon to answer, " whether he had any thing to say, why sentence of death should not be passed upon him." Vane rose upon this, " with an airwhich sufficiently indicated that he not only had something, but... | |
| Godfrey Goodman - Great Britain - 1839 - 472 pages
...as the custom is, affirmed upon his honour and cooscience that he ica* guilty. Then the earl being asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced against him, said the same which his father had said before him in the same place — Cud's... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - American periodicals - 1839 - 630 pages
...subsided, and he was aked if he had anything points against him were stated with terrible distinctness, to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, looked towards hi» counsel in mute appeal that he would He had resumed his listening and looked intently... | |
| Jared Sparks - United States - 1839 - 436 pages
...public virtue. After the usual formalities, he was called upon to answer, " whether he had any thing to say, why sentence of death should not be passed upon him." The judges, without doubt, supposed that he would probably make a solemn appeal, and protest, with... | |
| William Carleton - Irish fiction - 1840 - 218 pages
...character of his countenance, was touching in the extreme. " Connor O'Donovan," said the judge, " have you anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon you V " My lord," he replied, " I can say nothing to prevent it. I am prepared for it. I know I must... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1843 - 452 pages
...thunder. It was a peal of joy from the populace outside, greeting the news that he would die on Monday. The noise subsided, and he was asked if he had anything...sentence of death should not be passed upon him. He bad resumed his listening attitude, and looked intently at his questioner while the demand was made... | |
| George Payne Rainsford James - 1843 - 454 pages
...received as conclusive evidence against him, and he likewise was pronounced guilty of high treason. When asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon Tiim, he replied at first, " Nothing!" but then added, " Non eadem omnibus decora. The house of the... | |
| Moses Aaron Richardson - Ballads, English - 1844 - 436 pages
...GUILTY. The judge then placed the black cap on his head, and on the prisoner being asked what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, he simply replied — " I am innocent of the crime." His lordship then addressed the prisoner, and afterwards... | |
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