...prisoner was brought up to receive judgment on the following day. On being asked whether he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, he said he had always got his living honestly, whilst those who had been his prosecutors were stealing...

...congenial to the feelings of every true born Englishman. When called upon to know if he had any thing to say why sentence of death, should not be passed upon him, this unfortunate Gentleman addressed the Court and Jury nearly in the following terms : " I am asked...

...congenial to the feelings of every true bom English-' man. When called upon to know if he had any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, this unforfunate Gentleman addressed the Court and Jury nearly in the following terms : ' • " I am...

...he shall be hanged."* Mr. James was brought to the bar on the above day, and being asked what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, he answered, that he had not much to say, only two or three scriptures he would 'leave with them. & for...

...returned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner was then addressed in the usual form, and asked what he hud to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. He said, " he had nothing to offer." Mr. justice Heath then proceeded to pass sentence nearly in the following...

...Redmond they were severally brought to trial. When Mr. Emmett was called upon to know if he had any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, he addressed the court and jury nearly in the following terms : " I am asked if 1 have any thing to say...

...insertion in our pages. ROBERT EMMETT, Esq. being asked by the Clerk of the Crown if he had any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, answered, " My PERFIDIOUS GOVERNMENT. 261 Lords, as to why judgment of death and execution should not...

...proved against him by a chain of clear and incontestable evidence. On being asked if he had any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, he addressed the court in a speech which occupied about twenty minutes in the delivery, in which he took...

...his hand. These he began to read, bnt with some trcmonr: saying — that he was asked, what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him ? This was bnt a mockery, for, if he had the eloquence of Cicero, he was conscious that it would avail...

...shewn him favour; but at length they pronounced against him, and demanded " whether he had any thing to say, why sentence of death should not be passed upon him ?" " I have nothing to say," replied Lord Grey, and there he paused long, 4( and yet a word of Tacitus...