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" I have always understood it to be the duty of a judge, when a prisoner has been convicted, to pronounce the sentence of the law. I have also understood that judges sometimes think it their duty to hear with patience and to speak with humanity... "
Speeches of John Philpot Curran, Esq: With a Brief Sketch of the History of ... - Page 140
by John Philpot Curran - 1811
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The History of the Late Grand Insurrection: Or the Struggle for Liberty in ...

Ireland - 1805 - 428 pages
...: • - - ~ -.i-*-. i' • ' A . I ğiVY4i always understood it to be the duty of a judge, .when a prisoner has been convicted, to pronounce the sentence...understood that judges sometimes think it their duty ip.hea* with patience, and to speak with humanity ;. to exhort the victim of the laws, and to oiler...
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An Historical Review of the State of Ireland from the Invasion of that ...

Francis Plowden - Ireland - 1806 - 516 pages
...did not sit there to hear treason.] ^ J have always understood it to be the duty of a judge, when a prisoner has been convicted, to pronounce the sentence...exhort the victim of the laws, and to offer with tender benig. nity his opinions of the motives by which he was actuated in the crime, of which he had been...
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Speeches of John Philpot Curran, Esq: With a Brief Sketch of the ..., Volume 2

John Philpot Curran - Ireland - 1811 - 354 pages
...vvas again interrufited by thd ,court.T[ I have always understood it to be the duty of a judge, when a prisoner has been convicted, to pronounce the sentence of the law; I have also understood that judges some* times think it their duty to hear with patience, and to speak with humanity ; to exhort the victim...
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The History of Ireland from Its Union with Great Britain, in ..., Volume 1

Francis Plowden - Ireland - 1811 - 560 pages
...enthusiast, &c.) !My Lord, I haye always understood it was the duty of a Judge, when a prisoner was convicted to pronounce the sentence of the law. I have also understood, that a Judge sometimes thought it his duty to hear with patience, and speak with humanity, to deliver an...
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The Busy body, or Men and manners, ed. by Humphrey Hedgehog

John Agg - 1817 - 308 pages
...treason.) I have always understood that it was the duty of a Judge when a prisoner has been found guilty, to pronounce the sentence of the law. I have also understood, that a Judge sometimes thought it his duty to deliver an exhortation to the prisoner, and pass his opinion...
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The Cap of liberty

1820 - 298 pages
...sit on that bench to hear high treason.! I have always understood, it was the duty of a judge, when a prisoner has been convicted, to pronounce the sentence of the law: I have always understood that a judge sometiiaes thought it his duty to hear with patience, and speak with...
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Selections, from Several Literary Works: Comprising The Declaration of ...

Thomas O'Connor - English literature - 1824 - 180 pages
...did not sit there Jo hear treason.] I have always understood it to be the duty of a jud-ge, when a prisoner has been convicted, to pronounce the sentence...with tender benignity his opinions of the motives hy which he was actuated in the crime of which he had been adjudged guilty. That a judge has thought...
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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...was again interrupted by the court.] I have always understood it to be the duty of a judge', when a prisoner has been convicted', to pronounce the sentence...the laws', and to offer', with tender benignity', their opinions of the motives by which he was actuated in the crime of which he had been adjudged guilty'...
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Irish Eloquence: The Speeches of the Celebrated Irish Orators, Philips ...

John Philpot Curran, Robert Emmet, Henry Grattan - Ireland - 1840 - 562 pages
...he did net sit there to /tear treason.] I have always understood it to be the duty of a judge when a prisoner has been convicted, to pronounce the sentence...humanity; to exhort the victim of the laws, and to oner with tender benignity his opinions of the motives by which he was actuated in the crime, of which...
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General History of the Rebellion of 1798 ... Also, a Brief Account of the ...

Patrick O'Kelly - Ireland - 1842 - 336 pages
...he did not sit there to hear treason. "I have always understood it to be the duty of a judge, when a prisoner has been convicted, to pronounce the sentence...also understood that judges sometimes think it their dutyto hear with patience, and to speak with humanity, to exhort the victims of the law, and to offer,...
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