 | United States. Supreme Court - 1899 - 868 pages
...was thereupon called upon by the court to stand and was asked by the court if he had anything further to say why the sentence of the law should not be pronounced against him, and he replied that he had nothing further to say than he had already said ; and the court, being cognizant... | |
 | Frederic Bancroft - 1900 - 578 pages
...declare him guilty. When the judge shall proceed to the last fatal ceremony, and demand what he has to say why the sentence of the law should not be pronounced upon him, although there should not be an nnmoistened eye in this vast assembly, and the stern voice... | |
 | William Lamartine Snyder - 1901 - 776 pages
...declare him guilty. When the judge shall proceed to the last fatal ceremony, and demand what he has to say why the sentence of the law should not be pronounced upon him, although there should not be an unmoistened eye in this vast assembly, and the stern voice... | |
 | 1902 - 1068 pages
...reversed In the supreme court in any case because of a failure of the court below to ask the accused what he had to say why the sentence of the law should not be passed upon him; nor shall any verdict or Judgment be reversed or annulled In the supreme court because... | |
 | New York (State) Dept. of excise - 1902 - 718 pages
...unapproachable chief. * * * Many times iu my experience have young men looked up to me, when asked what they had to say why the sentence of the law should not be pronounced, and falteringly said, 'I was drunk; I would not and could not have done it had I not been drunk.' *... | |
 | New York (State) Dept. of excise - 1903 - 832 pages
...unapproachable chief. * * * Many times in my experience have young men looked up to me, when asked what they had to say why the sentence of the law should not be pronounced, and falteringly said, 'I was drunk; I would not and could not have done it had I not been drunk.' *... | |
 | May Agnes Fleming - 1905 - 408 pages
...judge. The black cap is ready ; he has been tried by his peeri and found guilty. If he has anything to say why the sentence of the law should not be pronounced, now is the time 1 It is the supreme hour of his life. And he stands, tall, square-shouldered, upright,... | |
 | Alabama - 1907 - 1132 pages
...Gray v. State, 55 Ala. 86. A recital that "the defendant being asked by the court if he had anything to say why the sentence of the law should not be pronounced upon him, said nothing, whereupon the court sentenced the defendant to be hanged by the neck until... | |
 | Alvin Victor Sellers - 1915 - 342 pages
...declare him guilty. When the judge shall proceed to the last fatal ceremony, and demand what he has to say why the sentence of the law should not be pronounced upon him, although there should not be an unmoistened eye in this vast assembly, and the stern voice... | |
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Judge shall proceed to the last fatal ceremony, and demand what he has to say why the Sentence of the Law should not be pronounced upon him... 
