...friend than a joke. On one occasion he began the utterance of the sentence of death in this wise: — "Prisoner at the bar, you have been found guilty by a jury of your own countrymen of the crime laid to your charge ; and I must say I entirely agree with the verdict...

...rather slight evidence, before a judge in Hagarstown, Md., proceeded to pass judgment as follows : " Prisoner at the bar ! You have been found guilty by...to the penalty of death. You say you are innocent : the truth of that assertion is only known to yourself and God. It is my duty to leave you for execation....

...rather slight evidence, before a judge in Hagarstown, Md., proceeded to pass judgment as follows : " Prisoner at the bar ! You have been found guilty by...countrymen of a crime which subjects you to the penalty I of death. You say you are innocent : the truth of that assertion is only known to yourself and God....

...assizes would have to make something like the following address at the close of a criminal trial : — ' Prisoner at the bar, you have been found guilty by a jury of your countrymen of a most atrocious murder. I will not now detain you to discuss the probability of their verdict being...

...Court again. " Do you find the prisoner at the bar Guilty or Not Guilty ?" " Guilty !" Judge. — " Prisoner at the bar, you have been found guilty by a jury of your countrymen, and on evidence which, to me at least, is satisfactory, of this heinous and violent outrage, &c. Your...

...time rather lose a friend than a joke. On one occasion he began the sentence of death in this wise: " Prisoner at the bar, you have been found guilty by a jury of your own countrymen of the crime laid to your charge, and I must say I entirely agree with the verdict,...

...in a chair before it. [Enter MR. JUSTICE NUPKINS. Usher. Silence !—silence ! Mr. Justice Nupkins. Prisoner at the bar, you have been found guilty by a jury, after a very long and careful consideration of your remarkable and strange case, of a very serious...

...crying out. vni. THE Deemster in the half-lit Court-house was passing sentence. "Prisoner," he said, "you have been found guilty by a jury of your countrymen of one of the cruellest of the crimes of imposture. You have deceived the ignorant, betrayed the unwary,...

...crying out. VIII. THE Deemster in the half-lit Court-house was passing sentence. "Prisoner," he said, "you have been found guilty by a jury of your countrymen of one of the cruellest of the crimes of imposture. You have deceived the ignorant, betrayed the unwary,...

...crying out. VIH. THE Deemster in the half-lit Court-house was passing sentence. "Prisoner," he said, "you have been found guilty by a jury of your countrymen of one of the cruellest of the crimes of imposture. You have deceived the ignorant, betrayed the unwary,...