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" ... to be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may the Lord have mercy on your soul ! Yesterday a most excellent sermon was preached by the Rev. "
Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review - Page 353
1821
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The Revolution Remembered: Eyewitness Accounts of the War for Independence

John C. Dann - 1999 - 476 pages
...conference, one of the judges asked him his name, and, upon declarant giving it, the former said to him, "You are to be hanged by the neck until you are dead, dead, dead." Declarant was then conducted from the room. In the entry or hall, he met Lechler, who...
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Through a Glass Darkly: Reflections on Personal Identity in Early America

Ronald Hoffman, Mechal Sobel, Fredrika J. Teute - 1997 - 488 pages
...necessary to make a public example of him, to deter others from the like offense," Kent sentenced Arnold "to be hanged by the neck until you are DEAD! and [may] the Lord have mercy on your soul!" Kent scheduled the execution for July ic.18 SENSIBILITY Because murder was so rare and shocking...
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Steering the Course: A Memoir

Samuel H. S. Hughes - 2000 - 324 pages
...bar, you have been found guilty of wilful murder. You will be taken to a place of execution and there hanged by the neck until you are dead and may the Lord have mercy on your soul." During the days that followed and while the carpenters were busy erecting the gallows behind...
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Walk Towards the Gallows: The Tragedy of Hilda Blake, Hanged 1899

Reinhold Kramer, Tom Mitchell - 2002 - 334 pages
...remain until the 27th day of December, and then taken to the yard of the Brandon jail, and there hanged until you are dead; and may the Lord have mercy on your soul.'3 4 Since she had pled guilty, the jury could not render a verdict and, therefore, could not...
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The Trial of "Indian Joe": Race and Justice in the Nineteenth-century West

Clare Vernon McKanna - 2003 - 182 pages
...judgment of the law and of this Court is that you, Jose GabrieL be, on the third day of March, 1893, hanged by the neck until you are dead. And may the Lord have mercy on your souL ll After Judge Puterbaugh sentenced the defendant, a reporter noted, "The courtroom was as quiet...
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The Way the Crow Flies: A Novel

Ann-Marie MacDonald - 2009 - 848 pages
...September, 1963, and upon that day and date you be taken to the place of execution, and that you there be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may the Lord have mercy on your soul." Jack has no memory of leaving the courtroom. Henry Froelich was mobbed by reporters the moment...
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Searching for Justice: An Autobiography

Fred Kaufman, Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History - 2005 - 377 pages
...day of November next, within the precincts of the prison where you will then be detained, you will be hanged by the neck until you are dead. And may the Lord have mercy on your soul. There was utter silence in the room as the prisoner was removed to the cells. Descoteaux's conviction...
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Necktie Parties: A History of Legal Executions in Oregon, 1851-1905

Diane L. Goeres-Gardner - 2005 - 356 pages
...day, between the hours of 9 and 2 o'clock, you will be taken to a place suitably prepared and there hanged by the neck until you are dead. And may the Lord have mercy upon your soul.5 Alfred Andersen was sentenced to hang on April 13, 1883. Defense Attorney Gregory...
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Legends in Their Time: Young Heroes and Victims of Canada

George Sherwood - 2006 - 274 pages
...December, 1959, and upon that day and date you be taken to the place of execution, and that you there be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may the Lord have mercy on your soul. Remove the prisoner.15 Steven stopped believing. He believed his lawyer when he told him the...
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Hanging Captain Gordon: The Life and Trial of an American Slave Trader

Ron Soodalter - 2006 - 337 pages
...execution, bet-ween the hours of twelve o'clock at noon and three o'clock in the afternoon on that day, you be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may the Lord have mercy upon your soul. At this point, Delafield Smith handed the death warrant to the judge, who signed it...
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