...camp, and in the ensuing August Major Sirr arrested him. His dying speech, upon being asked what had he to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, is altogether unequalled for eloquence and intensity in the annals of Irish forensic oratory. We defy...

...voluntary ; and that furthermore, when called upon by the presiding magistrate of the court to state if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, replied he had nothing further than he had communicated to Mr. Gray. Given under our hands and seals...

...murder of the overseer, after which he was asked, with a sort of mock solemnity, if he had any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. " Go on," said the indignant culprit; "hang me, kill me, do your will! I was held a slave for the best...

...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 r^oubt, supposed that he would probably make a solemn appeal, and pro» test, with...

...guilty; in which case, I understand, your Lordship would address to me the formal question, ' If I had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon me.' Now, if I am rightly informed, any observations of a prisoner at such a moment are regarded rather...

...surrounded with all the pomp and circumstance of war. The jury found him guilty. On being asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed, he replied, through the interpreter, that the band to which he belonged would remit their annuities...

...guilty; in which case, I understand, your Lordship would address to me the formal question, ' If I had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon me.' Now, if I am rightly informed, any observations of a prisoner at such a moment are regarded rather...

...power of eloquence, as I then thought, a portion of Robert Emmett's reply to the question, "What he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him ?" It was a favorite theme for our weekly declamations, and its author was to us a sort of demi-god....

...gesture of impatience, and returned to his seat. The clerk of indictments then demanded of the prisoner whether he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. There was an agitation in the court at the question, followed by a dead silence, as if it was expected...

...been overruled, he was sentenced two days afterwards to be hung on the 3d December. On being asked whether he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced upon him, he immediately rose, and, in a clear, distinct voice, said : " I have, may it...