...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 best...

...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...

...checked that natural emotion, and remained collected as before. He was silent till the usual question was asked, "if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced upon him ?" and then he made a step forward, looked boldly and sternly around him, and spoke,...

...guilty of the murder of the overseer, after which he was asked, with a sort of mock solemnity, if lie 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 best...

...sufficiently recovered to receive the sentence of the Court, and was called upon in the usual form to say " Why Sentence of Death should not be passed upon him according to Law ? " He began by apologising for the interruption he had given to the business of the...

...the room 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 the House of...

...of high treason, and sentenced to be hanged within ten days of that time. The judge asked the slave if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed on him. George stood for a moment in silence, and then said, "As I cannot speak as I should wish, I...

...firmness and composure, seemed startled but not appalled by the verdict; and on being asked, Whether he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced against bim? addressed the Court in a perfectly calm and collected voice, and at considerable...

...putting the question much in tlie same tone as the judge who asks the prisoner at the bar, whether he has anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. " I don't know whether he ever said it or not," replied Massey, " I never asked him any questions about...