...affidavits were false and misleading, and the said defendants being asked by the court if they had anything to say why the sentence of the law should not be pronounced against them, and they answering nothing in bar thereof. It is the order and sentence of the court that each...

...guilty was entered. Upon the trial the jury found him guilty as charged in the indictment. Being asked what he had to say why the sentence of the law should not be pronounced against him, he replied that he had nothing to say ; he had come out with the intention of killing and stealing, or...

...with the defendant present, and should be preceded by inquiring of the defendant if he has anything to say, why the sentence of the law should not be pronounced. The sentence is not the act of the court. It is the judgment of the law, pronounced by the court, and...

...of Indictment. The prisoner Jonathan Coffey being placed at the bar and demanded if he had anything to say why the sentence of the law should not be pronounced against him saith nothing; It is therefore adjudged by the Court that the prisoner at the bar Jonathan Coffey shall...

...he was brought before the court to be sentenced to be hanged. The Court asked him if he had anything to say why the sentence of the law should not be pronounced upon him. He said, "Yes, your Honor; I ask you for mercy.'' "Why," said the Court, "should you ask...

...pronounced against him, which was done accordingly — when he was asked by the Clerk if he had aught to say why the sentence of the Law should not be pronounced against him, who answered that he had not. On motion by the Clerk for Judgment, the Court pronounced the following...

...z ie Carrying Concealed Weapon. should be preceded by enquiring of the defendant if he has anything to say, why the sentence of the law should not be pronounced. The sentence is not the act of the court. It is the judgment of the law, pronounced by the court, and...

...offense is a serious one. You intended to murder the man and appropriate his money. Have you anything to say why the sentence of the law should not be pronounced? If you have any plea for mercy or any reason why you should be leniently dealt with, now is the time...

...the fact that, prior to sentencing the defendant, the court had asked him " whether he had anything to say why the sentence of the law should not be pronounced against him?" The Attorney General was thereupon directed to ascertain whether that formality had been omitted as...

...entry showing the return of the verdict of the jury, and after reciting that the defendant had nothing to say why the sentence of the law should not be pronounced upon him, then reads: "It is therefore, considered by the court and It is the judgment and sentence...