human
Come in, boys,--the court is going to begin, --or sometimes,
gpt
Our John is going to open court now, --the judge being just one of the
human
Mr. Green, the jury in their verdict say you are guilty of murder, and the law in that case says you are to be hung. Now I want you and all your friends down on Indian Creek to know that it is not me that condemns you, but the jury and the law. What time would you like to be hung, Sir? The poor man replied, that it made no difference to him; he would rather the court should appoint a time.
gpt
Well, then, Mr. Green, says the judge,
human
It was here suggested by the Attorney-General that it was usual in such cases for the court to recapitulate the essential parts of the evidence, to set forth the nature and enormity of the crime, and solemnly to exhort the prisoner to repent and fit himself for the awful doom awaiting him.
gpt
Oh! said the judge,
human
Mr. Green understands all that as well as if I had preached to him a month. Don't you, Mr. Green? You understand you're to be hung this day four weeks?
gpt
Yes, Sir,