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“It is quite clear that [the court] will probably pass sentence against him,” says Masood.

Judge Michael Pastor will pass sentence on the convicted felon on Nov. 29.

The Recorder then proceeded to pass sentence on him; in pursuance of which, he was executed at Tyburn on the 17th March, 1718.

Then he climbed back to the bench and sat himself down, and put on his considering cap to pass sentence.

Many of them were unwilling to pass sentence of death against citizens belonging to the great patrician families.

I having put by others from pleading for me, the Judge asked me what I had to say why he should not pass sentence upon me.

He then proceeded to pass sentence of death, and the tall man in the dock listened without a muscle of his face moving.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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