...Constance Emilie Kent, you have confessed yourself guilty of the murder of Francis Saville Kent ; have you any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon you ? Prisoner: No. Mr. Justice Willes then assumed the black cap, and addressed the prisoner...

...— Is Michael Barrett guilty or not guilty ? Foreman. — " Guilty." Clerk of the Arraigns. — You say that William Desmond, Timothy Desmond, and Nicholas...jury, passed sentence of death upon the prisoner. II. LYON v. HOME. THIS suit was commenced on the 20th of April before Vice-Chancellor Giffard. It was...

...of you all ? Foreman. — It is. iThe three prisoners first named were then removed from the.dock. Barrett, on being asked, as usual, if he had any thing...commenced on the 20th of April before Vice-Chancellor GilTard. It was instituted by a lady named Lyon, the widow of a deceased merchant, against the well-known...

...populace outside, greeting the news that he would die on Monday. The noise subsided, and he was asked if he had any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed- upon him. He had resumed his listening attitude, and looked intently at his questioner while the demand...

...populace outside, greeting the news that he would die on Monday. " The noise subsided, and he was asked if he had any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. He had resumed his listening attitude, and looked intently at his questioner while the demand...

...present when the verdict is rendered, and that he was asked, before judgment pronounced, if he has any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed. In England, this is considered necessary even in clergyable felonies; but no decisions have been found...

...precise question for review is, whether the ornissiou of the court to make formal inquiry of the accused if he had any thing to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced against him, furnishes sufficient ground for a new trial, or is a fatal defect in the judgment...

...for sentence. He was accordingly brought into Court (about half past eleven o'clock,) and was asked if he had any thing to say, why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. Mr. M'Dowell, then rose and said that the counsel had nothing further to say, but that the...

...constantly laughing and joking about indifferent subjects. She was found guilty, and on being asked if she had any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed, made an answer so much like one given more recently by another criminal that I give it here. " No, your honor,...

...Ind't'm't But guilty of Grand Larceny . . . The Prisoner appeared at the Bar and being asked by the Court If he had any thing to say why Sentence of Death should not be pronounced against him, Answered by Council praying the benefit of his Clergy. Which was allowed him...