...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 to say why sentence j of death should not be passed upon him. He had resumed his listening attitude, and looked intently...

...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....

...the delivery of the verdict, which appears to have been unanimous, to the customary demand whether he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced against him, he at first replied only, " I have nothing to say;" then, after a long pause,...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...should say it 's because I 'm remarkably partial to the ladies myself. What are we going to do? Have you anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon you, my gay young sprisan ?" he cried, catching Mr. Bulkeley Smirke by both shoulders, and sinking...

...should say it's because I 'in remarkably partial to the ladies myself. What are we going to do? Have you anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon you, my gay young sprisan ?" he cried, catching Mr. Bulkeley Smirke by both shoulders, and sinking...

...us is safe?'- — 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....

...him guilty of the murder of the overseer, after which he was asked, with a sort of mock solemnity, if he had anything 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...