 | John Agg - 1817 - 308 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Edward Baines - 1818 - 582 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Arthur Thistlewood - 1820 - 74 pagina’s
...several sheets of' paper dosely written, in his hand. These he began to read, bnt with some trcmonr: saying — that he was asked, what he had to say why...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 him nothing... | |
 | Charles Phillips - 1820 - 296 pagina’s
...clothes in the court-house. Emmett remained perfectly silent until asked by the court, in the usual form, what he had to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced on him according to law. The following is his speech upon that occasion:— Mr. EMMETT.... | |
 | 1820 - 736 pagina’s
...Bench. Tlie prisoners were then placed at the bar, and called in order by Mr. Shelton to uige what they had to say, why sentence of death should not be passed upon them. After each of the prisoners had neverally addressed the Court, the Lord Chief Justice Abbott... | |
 | 1821 - 808 pagina’s
...bench. The prisoners were then placed at the bar, and called in order by Mr. Shelton to urge what they had to say, why sentence of death should not be passed upon them. After each of the prisoners had severally addressed the court, the lord chief justice Abbott... | |
 | 1822 - 762 pagina’s
...their former plea, and on its being withdrawn, pleaded Guilty. Mr. Sfielton then asked Thistlewood what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. Thistlewood thus addressed the Court :— " My lords ; — I am asked, my lord, what I have to say... | |
 | 1822 - 766 pagina’s
...withdraw their former plea, and on its being withdrawn, pleaded Guilty. Mr. Shelton then asked Thistlewood what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. Thist It-wood thus addressed the Court :— " My lords ; — I am asked, my lord, what I have to say... | |
 | 1822 - 932 pagina’s
...5, a verdict of 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.... | |
 | 1822 - 940 pagina’s
...5, a verdict of 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.... | |
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The noise subsided, and he was asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. 
