 | Peter Hamilton Myers - American literature - 1848 - 236 pages
...the hearers. Rudolph in short was found guilty, and, when asked, with the usual formula of the law, whether he had anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced against him, he remained silent. Not even when demanded a second time djd he essay to reply, until,... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1890 - 816 pages
...for naught. " And the defendant, being brought in open court, and having been asked by the court if he had anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced upon him, having nothing to say, except to formally protest against further proceedings, is sentenced by the... | |
 | American Anti-Slavery Society - Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) - 1861 - 352 pages
...trial. The next day, LAXGSTON was called tip to receive his sentence, and, to the customary question, whether he had anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced upon him, responded in a noble speech, full of vigorous eloquence, undaunted courage, and a spirit of thorough... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - United States - 1861 - 792 pages
...three days, and Brown was found guilty upon all the counts in the indictments. The clerk then asked whether he had anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced upon him. BROWN'S IPIBCH. Mr. Brown immediately rose, and in a clear, distinct voice, said : 'I have, may it... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - United States - 1861 - 782 pages
...three days, and Brown was found guilty upon all the counts in the indictments. The clerk then asked whether he had anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced upon him. BROWN'S SPEECH. Mr. Brown immediately rose, and in a clear, distinct voice, said: 'I have, may it please... | |
 | Sidney H. Morse, Joseph B. Marvin - Theology - 1868 - 538 pages
...and they were afterwards eager to explain that he was not a resident of their county. Being asked if he had anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced upon him, Brown rose, and said: — ' I have, may it please the Court, a few words to say. In the first place,... | |
 | College student newspapers and periodicals - 1883 - 252 pages
...had been Indicted for a crime and when, after pleading guilty, was asked by the presiding judge if he had anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced upon him, replied in quite a lengthy address. The remarks were very good and no doubt the culprit thought he... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Hun - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 856 pages
...does not require to be entered in them, a statement of the circumstance that the defendant was asked whether he had anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced upon him, and that, too, when in all the cases, the inquiry may, in fact, have been made. In the absence of a record,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 778 pages
...necessarily, by requirement of statute, contain an entry of the fact that the accused was or was not asked whether he had anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced, although at common law he is entitled to have such question put to him. Ib. But even if it appeared... | |
 | Cora Linn V. Richmond - Spiritualism - 1875
...for murder. Forcing his way with the crowd into the court, he heard the judge ask the young man if he had anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced upon him. He replied that he had nothing to say, although he was innocent. The person who had been a summoned... | |
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Brown whether he had anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced upon him. 
