 | 414 pages
...look of a criminal who is called upon to advance something in arrest of judgment, or in other words, to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him ; his colour fled his cheek, and every appearance of the intense disappointment beneath which he was... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - Ireland - 1846 - 366 pages
...them were found guilty, and sentenced to death. When Colonel Despard was asked, if he had any thing to say, why sentence of death should not be passed upon him ? he said, " My lord, I have only to say, that after the charge was brought against me, of which I have... | |
 | Charles Dickens - Criminals - 1846 - 380 pages
...greeting the news that he would die on Monday. The noise subsided, and he was asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. He had resumed his listening attitude, and looked intently at his questioner whilethe demand was made;... | |
 | John Forster - Great Britain - 1846 - 726 pages
...upon this, "with an air which sufficiently indicated that he not only had something, but a good deal, to say, why sentence of death should not be passed upon him." He commenced by observing that he had not yet heard the indictment read in Latin, and he claimed it as... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - England - 1846 - 344 pages
...pleaded guilty of the crime with which he was charged, and on being asked by the Lord High Steward why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, he addressed a speech to the House, which was principally remarkable for its brevity. " My lords," he said, " I... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - Nationalists - 1847 - 380 pages
...them were found guilty, and sentenced to death. When Colonel Despard was asked, if he had any thing to say, why sentence of death should not be passed upon him ? he said, " My lord, I have only to say, that after the charge was brought against me, of which I have... | |
 | George Payne R. James - 1849 - 406 pages
...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 him, he replied at first, " Nothing !" but then added, " Non eadem omnibus decora. The house of the Wiltons... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1849 - 696 pages
...us is safe 9" — At the same assizes, a man convicted of murdering his wife being asked what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, gave a very moving account of his wife's misconduct, and the provocation he had received from her.... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 408 pages
...addressing the prisoner, informed him of the verdict of the jury, and asked him if he had any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. With the manner of a man who scarcely knew where he was, and whether all he saw and heard ought not... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Chief justices - 1849 - 620 pages
...Justice Abbot, who was suddenly taken ill, a man eapitally convicted, being asked if he had any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, exclaimed, " Yes ; I have been tried bi-fore a Journeyman Judge." • CHAP. The cruel sentence passed... | |
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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. 
