seven o’clock in the evening
he muttered . `` It 's my debt which they are making my poor old Gilbert pay . '' And the terrible tragedy went on . At seven o'clock in the evening , after a long deliberation , the jury returned to court and the foreman read out the answers to the questions put from the bench . The answer was `` Yes '' to every count of the indictment , a verdict of guilty without extenuating circumstances . The prisoners were brought in . Standing up , but staggering and white-faced , they received their sentence of death .