...Guilty. The Clerk of Arraigns then called on the prisoner in the usual form to know if he had any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. The prisoner, in a faultering accent, and a pale and agitated countenance, said, " My lord ! my lord...

...shewn him favour; but at length they pronounced against him, and demanded " whether he had any thing to say, why sentence of death should not be passed upon him ?" " I have nothing to say," replied Lord Grey, and there he paused long, 4( and yet a word of Tacitus...

...Thistlewood made a speech of considerable length. — He began by say. ing — that he was asked, what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him i This was but a mockery, for, if he had the eloquence of a Cicero, he was conscious that it would...

...arraying himself in the terrible badge of his office, he turned to the prisoner, and asked what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him ? " My Lord," said the prisoner, who wept while he spoke, and whose voice faltered as he gave utterance...

...people showed no disposition to espouse hi« cause. The prisoner, having been asked if he had any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, addressed the Court in л n eloquent and energetic, though rather a somewhat unconnected speech, of...

...with the utmost firmness, denying no other part of the crime with which he was charged, than that ot being an emissary of France, which he repelled with...addressed the court and jury in nearly the following terms : "lam asked," said he, "if I have any thing to say, why sentence of death should not be pronounced...

...Band. His parents have left this neighbourhood, and I have heard nothing of him since." Masters, when called upon to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, was direeled by Dr. Parr ' to fall upon his knees, and ' slowly and seriously pronounce the underwrit'...

...unavailing exertions on behalf of one whose fate was already sealed. When asked, "had he any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him ?" he answered, " I have nothing to say why sentence of death should not be pas. sed upon me, but I have...

...other prisoners, John Squires was placed at the bar, and being asked in the usual terms what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, pleaded the benefit of clergy, adding, " I hope, my lord, you will be merciful ; I did not intend to...

...returned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner was asked in the usual way what he had to say why judgment of death should not be passed upon him. He addressed the Court. " My lord, what I have to say is this — I am free and innocent of the crime, so help me Almighty...