 Prisoner at the bar, you have been convicted before me of what the law regards as a very grave and serious offence : that of going through the marriage ceremony a second time while your wife was still alive. You plead in mitigation of your conduct that...  The Parliamentary Debates - 383. oldalszerző: Great Britain. Parliament - 1902Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Benjamin Coulson Robinson - 1891 - 380 oldal
...wrong, even on that score, in giving the following version as a tolerably authentic one:— He said : ' Prisoner at the bar, you have been convicted before...your household while she remained mistress of it, and that she had latterly deserted you; but I am not permitted to recognize any such plea. You had entered... | |
 | Roderick Phillips - 1991 - 284 oldal
...Hall, a laborer convicted of bigamy. It is a long exercise in irony that is worth quoting at length: Prisoner at the bar, you have been convicted before...your household while she remained mistress of it, and that she had latterly deserted you; but I am not permitted to recognise any such plea. You had entered... | |
 | Debra Friedman - 172 oldal
...Maule against a Mr. Thomas Hall, convicted of bigamy) in 1845 admitted this fact, tongue-in-cheek: Prisoner at the bar, you have been convicted before...as a very grave and serious offence: that of going thorough the marriage ceremony a second time while your wife was still alive. . . . Another of your... | |
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