...of Lord Chief Justice Abbot, 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 Journeyman Judge." first introduced into...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...against my conscience. I cannot plead otherwise." His lordship having then asked him in the usual form whether he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him (to which the prisoner made no reply), passed sentence in very feeling terms, and the...

...jury, after a deliberation of twenty minutes, found a verdict of Guilty. When asked, in the usual form, whether he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, the prisoner, who appeared thunderstruck at the verdict, but speedily recovered his...

...and called no witnesses in his defence ; but upon being asked by the judge, in the usual form, " if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him ?" he made in substance the following extraordinary speech : — " My lord, it is evident...

...the prisoner, or whether he thought there was no chance left, one does not know ; but when asked if he had anything to say, why sentence of death should not be passed, he was silent. Now, however, that the sentence, amidst a profound death-like silence, was being...

...death was pronounced on the 31st of October, to take effect on the 2nd of December. On being asked whether he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced upon him, he immediately rose from his mattress, and, in a clear, distinct voice, said,...