The Redemption of Freetown (Classic Reprint)
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Sheldon, Charles Monroe) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from The Redemption of Freetown It was still in the district courtroom. The jury had just brought in a verdict of guilty, and the judge was about to pronounce the sentence. The room was filled with the usual crowd of spectators. The lawyers occupied the space railed off from the raised seats at the rear where the public was admitted. All whispers and noise on the part of witnesses, attorneys, and court officers had ceased, and every eye was on the man who had just been pronounced guilty. "Prisoner at the bar," said Judge Vernon, leaning a little forward in his chair until his arm rested on the desk in front of him, "have you anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced upon you?" The prisoner was a young negro not more than twenty years old. He had been standing when the verdict of the jury was given. His hand rested on the back of a chair, and he faced the judge with a look of stolid, sullen defiance. "I´ve got only this to say, judge. The shooting was accidental. If I´d had a fair trial, I´d been let off. But everything´s been against me here." There was a pause while the man passed the back of his hand over his mouth and shifted his position nervously. Judge Vernon waited a moment. "Is that all you have to say?" About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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