....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....

...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...

...Guilty. The Clerk of Arraigns then called on the prisoner in the usual form to know if he had any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. The prisoner, in a faultering accent, and a pale and agitated countenance, said, " My lord ! my lord...

...to betray me, like that villain Edwards. Sooner than betray any individual, my lord, although I have been enticed into this base plot, sooner than betray...the vengeance of Lords Sidmouth and Castlereagh. He would, however, offer a few observations ; not that he expected any thing from the justice or pity...

...receive their sentence. Thistlewood made a speech of considerable length. — He began by say. ing — that he was asked, what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him i This was but a mockery, for, if he had the eloquence of a Cicero, he was conscious that it would...

...of mercy; and arraying himself in the terrible badge of his office, he turned to the prisoner, and asked what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him ? " My Lord," said the prisoner, who wept while he spoke, and whose voice faltered as he gave utterance...

...people showed no disposition to espouse hi« cause. The prisoner, having been asked if he had any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, addressed the Court in л n eloquent and energetic, though rather a somewhat unconnected speech, of...

...than that of being an emissary of France, which he repelled with much feeling. When he was called upon to say, why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, he addressed the court and jury in nearly the following terms : " I am asked," said he, " if I have...

...than that ot being an emissary of France, which he repelled with much feeling. When he was called upon to say, why sentence of death should not be passed upon him ? he addressed the court and jury in nearly the following terms : "lam asked," said he, "if I have...

...resistance of justice ; and the magistrate, shaking his head, and groaning ominously, asked Kaspar Karncrach what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed against him. Poor Kaspar gasped, and looked round ; and, involuntarily, and as if the speech were not...