 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1877 - 1086 sider
...a criminal convicted of a capital offence was asked by the presiding Judge, whether he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, on similar grounds, if on no other, did he ask to be heard. Orator Hunt in 1831 demanded in loud tones... | |
 | Joseph Hatton - 1880 - 326 sider
...a hero of him. Those who knew him had implicit faith in his innocence, and, when asked what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, there was something touchingly pathetic in the calm, solemn way in which he lifted up his handsome... | |
 | Jacob Youde William Lloyd - 1887 - 542 sider
...his innocence of the charge. He was pronounced guilty. When the judge asked him if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, he responded, in a firm voice, that he forgave those men upon whose false testimony he had been convicted.... | |
 | Mary Anne Sadlier - 1882 - 400 sider
...Uriel bear himself during the mockery of a trial, anS when the judge asked him as usual what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, he smiled with bitter scorn and replied : " Nought have I to say to you ! — to the Judge of judges I... | |
 | Edward Walford, George W. Redway - 1884 - 322 sider
...guilty of stealing six shep, (sheep) at Chintinge. On being asked by the bailiff if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, he claimed the benefit of the clergy, which was granted by the Court. Robert Hyde, Vicar of Seaford, and... | |
 | Law reports general - 1882 - 544 sider
...from Jan. 30, 1648. On the llth June, Vane was brought np for judgment. The clerk demanded what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. Vane first alleged, that lie had not yet heard the indictment read in Latin. The debate upon this took... | |
 | James Paterson - 1882 - 546 sider
...Justice Abbott, 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 Jowneyman Judge." A PRISONER ACCUSED OF DANGEROUS ELOQUENCE.... | |
 | Lucretia Chapman - 1882 - 238 sider
...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, but that the prisoner... | |
 | John Worth Edmonds - 1883 - 500 sider
...the prisoner, in that language, the usual question asked by the clerk of the court as to what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him ? The prisoner then said in Spanish, which was interpreted, " I have something to say to the court.... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1884 - 872 sider
...greeting the news tha 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 while the demand was made... | |
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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. 
