...emotion. The 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...

...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 him? addressed the Court in a perfectly calm and collected voice, and at considerable...

...of the murder of Harriet Lane, and Thomas Wainwright accessory after the fact. Henry Wainwright on being asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, made a statement declaring his innocence. Sentence of death was then passed on him, the Lord...

...Guilty. When the clerk, in usual form, addressed the prisoner before sentence, and asked what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed on him according to law, he deliberately dropped on his knees till the gaoler directed him to rise. Mr. Justice...

...Guilty. When the clerk, in usual form, addressed the prisoner before sentence, and asked what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed on him according to law, he deliberately dropped on his knees till the gaoler directed him to rise. The ports...

...Guilty. When the clerk, in usual form, addressed the prisoner before sentence, and asked what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed on him according to law, he deliberately dropped on his knees till the gaoler directed him to rise. Mr. Justice...

...justify the summary vengeance inflicted on him, or extenuate the crime of murder. When asked what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed on him, he briefly replied, ' That he submitted to the laws of his country, though he had no law shown to him.'...

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...The court does not expect one.' Then farther, when the judge asked what the prisoner had' to say that sentence of death should not be passed on him, he replied;, * Nothing.' So did he deport himself during the whole trial, and a more impenetrable and obdurate heart never beat...

...Lords Friers on the trial of Essex and Southampton three years before. ' Lords, and the demand whether he had anything to say ' why sentence of death should not be given against him, ' these only were his words, " I have nothing to say ;" ' there he paused long ;...